Oscar Nunez, MD
Anesthesiology · Odessa, TXNPI 1154405751
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,986 of the $4,054 with a category attached, or 73.7%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 36.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,575 and has fallen 82.6% since, to $274 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 80 payments — averaging $50.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Kls-martin L.p.$824
- Medtronic$694
- Abiomed$665
- Abbott$321
- Boston Scientific$33
- plus $30 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,06826%
- Food & beverage$2,98674%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $1,488 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 10 | $824 |
| Medtronic | 19 | $694 |
| Abiomed | 35 | $665 |
| Abbott | 9 | $321 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $33 |
| Stryker | 1 | $30 |
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.
- HemoSphere$266
- Micra$257
- AVEIR$139
- Impella$114
How this compares
$4,054 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,899 anesthesiology 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.
Other anesthesiology in Odessa
- Richard TeamesFort Worth$746K
- Tong GanHouston$700K
- Valentine GibsonRichardson$671K
- James MuellerDallas$636K
- Randy RobbinsPlano$593K
- Gabriel MenaHouston$494K
- Maxim EckmannSan Antonio$349K
- Iden CowanAustin$305K
- Ryan CaseyAustin$287K
- Girish JoshiDallas$239K
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.