Sandra Velasco
Family · El Paso, TXNPI 1043772361
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 239 payments — averaging $53.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$621
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$578
- Abbott$333
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,28618%
- Food & beverage$10,57482%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 71 | $4,134 |
| Boston Scientific | 38 | $3,350 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 68 | $2,261 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 5 | $621 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 10 | $578 |
| Abbott | 4 | $333 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $286 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $182 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Vertex | 5 | $153 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $120 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Amgen | 2 | $35 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Intracept$1,889
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,475
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$1,082
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$952
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$563
- SYNCHROMEDII$395
- Prospera$382
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$374
- NURTEC ODT$250
- PROCLAIM$246
- Accurian$229
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$200
- INCEPTIV$171
- AMVUTTRA$122
- mild Device Kit$108
How this compares
$12,860 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $1,766 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $1,446 |
| Gabapentin | 68 | $904 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 42 | $584 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 28 | $481 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $302 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 22 | $248 |
| Baclofen | 12 | $103 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in El Paso
- Margarita FavelaEl Paso$73K
- Lashonda CraneHouston$3.4M
- David WeirDallas$959K
- Luba YammineHouston$479K
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- Nirupama JeromeAustin$418K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
- Linda MercadoHouston$211K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
- Sie ThomasDallas$197K
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.