Sarah O'Banion
Physician Assistant · The Woodlands, TXNPI 1841077088
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.1% of the total across 103 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,913, more than ten times the $135 reported in 2023.
Across 103 payments — averaging $26.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$503
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$332
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$292
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$274
- Viatris Specialty LLC$204
- Lilly USA, LLC$143
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,62095%
- Education$1345%
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 | 16 | $503 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $332 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $292 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 8 | $274 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 8 | $204 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $143 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 6 | $130 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 2 | $90 |
| Amgen | 4 | $70 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 3 | $58 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $55 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| GSK | 3 | $49 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Merck | 2 | $45 |
| Bayer | 2 | $41 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $29 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $23 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Insmed, 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
$2,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 21 | $355 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 17 | $129 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $107 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in The Woodlands
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
- Selina SantosAustin$543K
- Matthew BrunoMcKinney$538K
- Brooke HodnickSouthlake$479K
- Holly GloverArlington$418K
- Kirk GautierAthens$416K
- Jaime RomanPlano$338K
- Michael WhiteDallas$276K
- Heidi JeffreysLubbock$259K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.