Sam Halabo
General Practice · Chula Vista, CANPI 1124163688
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $311,133 of the $359,443 with a category attached, or 86.6%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Prexion, Inc. at 44.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $205,500 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $764 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in CA 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 171 payments — averaging $2102.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Prexion, Inc.$159K
- Ultradent Products Inc$72K
- Bisco, Inc.$28K
- Shofu Dental Corp$25K
- GC America Inc.$22K
- Tokuyama Dental America Inc.$16K
- plus $38K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5000%
- Speaking & faculty fees$311,13387%
- Travel & lodging$6,0832%
- Food & beverage$33,8859%
- Education$2,6111%
- Gifts$2,0761%
- Entertainment$660%
- Charitable contribution$3,0901%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prexion, Inc. | 48 | $158,541 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 30 | $71,870 |
| Bisco, Inc. | 4 | $28,000 |
| Shofu Dental Corp | 4 | $24,776 |
| GC America Inc. | 15 | $22,064 |
| Tokuyama Dental America Inc. | 10 | $16,406 |
| VOCO America Inc. | 10 | $13,868 |
| Hiossen, Inc. | 1 | $9,600 |
| Clinician's Choice Dental Products Inc. | 6 | $6,565 |
| Kettenbach LP | 4 | $4,080 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 20 | $1,147 |
| SS White Burs LLC | 2 | $1,000 |
| Midway Dental Supply, LLC | 1 | $500 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 9 | $432 |
| A-dec, Inc. | 5 | $390 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
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.
- Opalescence$55,951
- GC FujiCEM 2$10,000
- Dental Supplies$9,326
- G-aenial$7,695
- Dental and Orthodontic supplies$6,500
- Futurabond U$5,100
- G-aenial Sculpt$5,000
- G-aenial Premio BOND$5,000
- VisCalor bulk$4,666
- VisCalor$4,666
- GC Fuji Automix LC$3,500
- VOCO Retraction Paste$3,500
- G-aenial Universal Injectable$3,000
- G-CEM$3,000
- EQUIA$3,000
- MI Paste$3,000
- Admira Fusion$2,702
- Bifix QM$2,500
- Bifix SE$2,500
- EQUIA Forte$2,000
How this compares
$359,443 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 12,963 general practice providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 23 | $91 |
| Ibuprofen | 15 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Chula Vista
- Uri GuefenChula Vista$79K
- Nathan LiLancaster$5.2M
- Milton McCollSan Jose$4.9M
- Frederic MollRedwood City$2.5M
- Bradley ChingUpland$1.4M
- Eric BrassTorrance$755K
- Marc GeissbergerGreenbrae$583K
- Robert CampbellLong Beach$501K
- Varo BoyerNorth Hills$482K
- Michael MiyasakiSacramento$464K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.