Rafael Garcia, PA
Physician Assistant · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1144317637
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (38.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Si-bone, Inc. at 57.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,525 and has fallen 89.5% since, to $265 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in NM 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 35 payments — averaging $96.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$865
- Stryker$270
- Smith+Nephew$147
- Augmedics Inc.$127
- Johnson & Johnson$26
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,30038%
- Travel & lodging$78223%
- Food & beverage$1,30539%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 9 | $1,952 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $865 |
| Stryker | 6 | $270 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $147 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
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.
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$1,854
- Xvision$637
- PHOENIX$191
- Persona Revision$187
- EVOS$147
- Toggleloc$116
- MAKO$114
How this compares
$3,387 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 635 physician assistant providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 100 | $799 |
| Gabapentin | 52 | $320 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 31 | $264 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 36 | $256 |
| Meloxicam | 37 | $189 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $150 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $128 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Albuquerque
- Leigh HigginsAlbuquerque$10K
- Maria AbeytaAlbuquerque$8K
- Kari LavigneAlbuquerque$8K
- Elizabeth BelitzAlbuquerque$8K
- Desiree BarelaAlbuquerque$6K
- Stephanie BeyesAlbuquerque$5K
- Stephanie GonzalesAlbuquerque$5K
- Miquela WiegelAlbuquerque$5K
- Gabriela PobarAlbuquerque$5K
- Jacklyn ChavezAlbuquerque$5K
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.