Peggy Linguist
Pediatrics · Waxahachie, TXNPI 1265474589
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $201 of the $316 with a category attached, or 63.6%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Welch Allyn at 36.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $115 and has fallen 64.7% since, to $41 in 2025.
Across 12 payments — averaging $26.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Welch Allyn$115
- GSK$52
- Pfizer$33
- Shield Therapeutics Inc$23
- Exact Sciences$18
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$18
- plus $57 from 4 others
Across 328 payments — averaging $2924.47 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.
- AbbVie$718K
- Eli Lilly$144K
- GSK$70K
- Genentech, Inc.$20K
- Ardelyx, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$20164%
- Other$11536%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $115 |
| GSK | 3 | $52 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $33 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
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.
- NONE$115
How this compares
$316 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in Waxahachie
- Pedro PiedraHouston$729K
- Jason RiehsFrisco$216K
- Ivonne Sahagun-CarreonNew Braunfels$168K
- Angela ScheuerleDallas$118K
- Dianna BurnsSan Antonio$100K
- Jason TerkKeller$93K
- Vernon SuttonHouston$90K
- Laura ScalfanoPlano$74K
- Patricia AmersonSan Antonio$73K
- Ralph DeberardinisDallas$56K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.