Samuel Chacon
Reno, NVNPI 1215991856
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 49.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,797 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $17 in 2024.
Across 155 payments — averaging $108.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Caldera Medical, Inc$5K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$652
- AbbVie$550
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$284
- plus $964 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,90059%
- Travel & lodging$2,25213%
- Food & beverage$4,09624%
- Education$5803%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $8,340 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 10 | $4,807 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $1,234 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 15 | $652 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 30 | $550 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 15 | $284 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $245 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 8 | $146 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 5 | $102 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Bayer | 3 | $54 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $30 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 2 | $29 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $21 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Desara$4,502
- Solyx SIS System$4,335
- GENERAL FEMALE SUI$1,200
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,180
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,046
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$800
- SOLYX$134
- Vertessa$125
- OBTRYX$108
- SOLYX BLUE$107
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.