Sarah Hessling
Family · Universal City, TXNPI 1659002103
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 381 payments — averaging $29.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$2K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Amgen$896
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$633
- plus $4K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,84797%
- Education$3373%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 49 | $1,975 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 58 | $1,697 |
| Novo Nordisk | 54 | $1,385 |
| AbbVie | 45 | $1,073 |
| Amgen | 35 | $896 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 17 | $633 |
| GSK | 14 | $450 |
| Bayer | 21 | $422 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $400 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $310 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 3 | $296 |
| Novartis | 15 | $277 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 8 | $205 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 2 | $149 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $134 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $106 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $101 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $65 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $57 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$11,184 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 33 | $52,796 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 27 | $32,164 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 16 | $27,656 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 25 | $26,952 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 25 | $25,646 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 17 | $20,462 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 13 | $14,138 |
| Levemir FlexpenInsulin Detemir | 11 | $3,200 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 215 | $2,261 |
| Gabapentin | 68 | $1,187 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 103 | $1,141 |
| Omeprazole | 52 | $1,076 |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 19 | $1,063 |
| Losartan Potassium | 117 | $1,053 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 11 | $1,028 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,385 | $80,45249 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $134 | $32,16427 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $1,975 | $26,95225 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $1,697 | $25,64625 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $450 | $14,13813 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $1,073 | $96711 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Other family in Universal City
- 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
- Anna CastroSan Antonio$184K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.