Oscar de Valle, MD
Family Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1669415196
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,324 of the $8,358 with a category attached, or 75.7%. 41 manufacturers reported payments, led by Modernatx, Inc. at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,280 and has fallen 82.4% since, to $401 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 332 payments — averaging $25.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$3K
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$927
- AbbVie$681
- Novo Nordisk$497
- AstraZeneca$464
- Bayer$382
- plus $3K from 35 others
Across 489 payments — averaging $26,233 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Modernatx, Inc.$9.2M
- GSK$1.4M
- Pfizer$990K
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$373K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$337K
- Seqirus USA Inc$155K
- plus $356K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,91323%
- Food & beverage$6,32476%
- Education$1211%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 11 | $2,727 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 56 | $927 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 45 | $681 |
| Novo Nordisk | 30 | $497 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $464 |
| Bayer | 22 | $382 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $299 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $260 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $204 |
| Merck | 14 | $195 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 12 | $178 |
| GSK | 8 | $154 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $140 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $124 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $111 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $111 |
| Abbott | 6 | $101 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $86 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $74 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $59 |
| Gilead | 4 | $49 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $39 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $29 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $29 |
| Biogen | 1 | $24 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Renalytix AI, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$8,358 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 278 | $401,975 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 149 | $289,981 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 156 | $148,292 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 88 | $140,578 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 61 | $140,466 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 146 | $114,281 |
| EliquisApixaban | 81 | $108,394 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 56 | $85,330 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 45 | $57,409 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 35 | $55,022 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 36 | $54,269 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 51 | $43,009 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 28 | $41,509 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 42 | $32,796 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 39 | $29,490 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $299 | $443,485306 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $204 | $430,447210 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $497 | $194,847124 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $464 | $148,292156 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $681 | $114,281146 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $260 | $108,39481 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $195 | $103,63275 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $39 | $57,40945 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $382 | $55,02235 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $154 | $32,79642 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $140 | $26,22920 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Colchicine | $19 | $5,55025 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Other family medicine in Houston
- Shannon SchraderHouston$216K
- Candice WinfulHouston$173K
- Guljeet SohalHouston$72K
- Lakecia PittsHouston$71K
- Carlos CamposNew Braunfels$1.5M
- Aaron KingSan Antonio$1.1M
- Bradley WassonArlington$734K
- Cynthia BrinsonAustin$402K
- Michael MendezLubbock$368K
- Sang Tae KimAmarillo$368K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.