Viral Patel
Family · San Antonio, TXNPI 1053024893
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,193 of the $6,118 with a category attached, or 84.9%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 29.7% of the total. Among family clinicians in TX 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 191 payments — averaging $32.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$1K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1000
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$439
- Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC$273
- Lilly USA, LLC$167
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5379%
- Food & beverage$5,19385%
- Education$3886%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 46 | $1,817 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 46 | $1,090 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 31 | $1,000 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 19 | $439 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 17 | $273 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $167 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $144 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $109 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $44 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $41 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $32 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| 3b Medical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Inspire$1,164
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$286
- XYWAV$271
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$143
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$143
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$125
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$125
- SUNOSI$125
- GVOKE HYPOPEN$125
- Wakix$125
- ZEPBOUND$122
- VOQUEZNA$121
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$109
How this compares
$6,118 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 16 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in San Antonio
- Anna CastroSan Antonio$184K
- Natalia FariasSan Antonio$124K
- Tina CoppleSan Antonio$97K
- Kim HinojosaSan Antonio$63K
- Kimberly GibergaSan Antonio$36K
- Febbie PhiriSan Antonio$31K
- Annette GantzSan Antonio$31K
- Renee ChisumSan Antonio$28K
- Thimios PartalasSan Antonio$27K
- David WeirDallas$959K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.