Steven Hearne
Gastroenterology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1730173832
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 208 payments — averaging $16.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Pfizer$501
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$380
- Johnson & Johnson$302
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$200
- Bristol Myers Squibb$164
- plus $541 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,505100%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 81 | $1,426 |
| Pfizer | 33 | $501 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $380 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 19 | $302 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 12 | $200 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 11 | $164 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 6 | $122 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $53 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Gilead | 2 | $28 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $24 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,513 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Other gastroenterology in San Antonio
- Eric LawitzSan Antonio$59.5M
- Jeff BullockSan Antonio$4.3M
- Nicholas MartinezSan Antonio$1.6M
- Charles RandallSan Antonio$1.6M
- George DuvallTyler$17.5M
- John FordtranDallas$9.9M
- Timothy RitterSouthlake$7.7M
- Parvez MantryDallas$6.4M
- Mazen NoureddinHouston$6.1M
- Nadege GunnWaco$5.7M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.