Sarah Espinoza
Physician Assistant · Layton, UTNPI 1396366605
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 325 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,706, more than ten times the $18 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in UT 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 325 payments — averaging $18.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$595
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$393
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$360
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$319
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,853100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 58 | $1,110 |
| AbbVie | 74 | $1,042 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 34 | $595 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 23 | $393 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 19 | $360 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15 | $319 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 18 | $294 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 16 | $294 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $284 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 13 | $253 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $164 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 8 | $139 |
| Abbott | 1 | $108 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $101 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 3 | $80 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Biogen | 1 | $18 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals 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.
- SPRAVATO$259
- QELBREE$144
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$108
How this compares
$5,853 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,543 physician assistant providers in Utah.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Armodafinil | 12 | $1,086 |
| Paliperidone ErPaliperidone | 13 | $1,024 |
| Aripiprazole | 19 | $598 |
| Mirtazapine | 46 | $511 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 24 | $495 |
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate | 11 | $427 |
| Clonazepam | 31 | $423 |
| Paroxetine Hcl | 22 | $413 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 12 | $412 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 30 | $360 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $293 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 13 | $269 |
| Eszopiclone | 11 | $229 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 16 | $111 |
| Memantine Hcl | 11 | $104 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Layton
- Brady TuckerLayton$14K
- Mandi ChristensenLayton$6K
- Regan BrooksSlc$606K
- Keri HolyoakMidvale$438K
- Jill EricksonSalt Lake City$179K
- Vanessa Beard-ElyMurray$80K
- Natalie BeeSalt Lake City$63K
- Jasmin CharlesTaylorsville$46K
- Luke JenkinsWest Jordan$46K
- Chanise FrandsenSandy$31K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.