Sarah Ellis
Family · El Paso, TXNPI 1659040046
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,202 of the $4,187 with a category attached, or 76.5%. Medtronic accounts for 68.2% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among family clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 103 payments — averaging $40.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$380
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$216
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$112
- Penumbra, Inc.$100
- Boston Scientific$76
- plus $449 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$98524%
- Food & beverage$3,20276%
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 | $2,854 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 7 | $380 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $216 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 7 | $112 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $76 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $73 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $54 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Abbott | 1 | $41 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Reapplix Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$4,187 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 20 | $24,323 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 71 | $673 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 29 | $335 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 31 | $154 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 18 | $152 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in El Paso
- Margarita FavelaEl Paso$73K
- David WeirDallas$959K
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
- Sie ThomasDallas$197K
- Anna CastroSan Antonio$184K
- Jill CampbellShenandoah$182K
- Angela AchaPflugerville$174K
- Susan BowlinIrving$164K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.