Robert Bell
Pediatrics · Beaumont, TXNPI 1396008280
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $9,250 of the $10,689 with a category attached, or 86.5%. Hoffmann-la Roche Limited accounts for 87.8% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,409, more than ten times the $156 reported in 2019. Among pediatrics 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 78 payments — averaging $137.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Hoffmann-la Roche Limited$9K
- GSK$341
- Corium, LLC$340
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$211
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$107
- Pfizer$63
- plus $242 from 13 others
Across 3,647 payments — averaging $2583.96 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.$5M
- Bavarian Nordic A/s$998K
- GSK$713K
- Valneva Austria GmbH$562K
- Novavax Inc$551K
- Pfizer$502K
- plus $1.1M from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,25087%
- Food & beverage$1,43913%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hoffmann-la Roche Limited | 4 | $9,386 |
| GSK | 21 | $341 |
| Corium, LLC | 23 | $340 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $211 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $63 |
| Organon | 1 | $28 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $24 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$10,689 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,361 pediatrics providers in Texas.
Other pediatrics in Beaumont
- 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.