Willie Teo Ong, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Brownsville, TXNPI 1346247939
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 248 payments — averaging $292.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$34K
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$11K
- Merck$10K
- Mannkind Corporation$7K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$6K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- plus $4K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,7005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,80061%
- Travel & lodging$4,69914%
- Food & beverage$6,17419%
- Education$1651%
- Gifts$590%
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(2 entities) | 31 | $33,863 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $10,530 |
| Merck | 21 | $9,826 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 43 | $7,274 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 1 | $5,530 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $1,451 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 24 | $544 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 10 | $511 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 7 | $455 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $391 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 25 | $386 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 16 | $375 |
| Abbott | 9 | $374 |
| Insulet Corporation | 10 | $280 |
| Novartis | 5 | $254 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 6 | $110 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 3 | $82 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $51 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $29 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
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.
- FARXIGA$9,529
- STEGLATRO$9,403
- AFREZZA$6,471
- JARDIANCE$1,300
- Korlym$279
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$141
- FreeStyle Libre$137
- LEQVIO$124
- ZEPBOUND$115
How this compares
$72,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 658 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Texas.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 751 | $1,126,329 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 392 | $512,093 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 342 | $381,932 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 242 | $355,176 |
| Humalog Mix 75-25 KwikpenInsulin Lispro Protamin/Lispro | 355 | $227,907 |
| MycapssaOctreotide Acetate | 13 | $174,422 |
| Novolog Mix 70-30 FlexpenInsulin Aspart Prot/Insuln Asp | 227 | $125,088 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 46 | $77,894 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 101 | $71,426 |
| Insulin Lispro Protamine MixInsulin Lispro Protamin/Lispro | 85 | $57,878 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 47 | $49,175 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 40 | $49,120 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 51 | $37,823 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 33 | $34,037 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 24 | $33,447 |
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, Novolog Mix 70-30 | $391 | $1,162,449802 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Synjardy | $1,451 | $567,720430 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog Mix 75-25, Humalog | $544 | $417,408314 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $33,863 | $381,932342 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $9,826 | $83,21380 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 80th percentile of 658 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Texas.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Brownsville
- Julio RosenstockDallas$24.9M
- Michelle WelchShavano Park$17.3M
- Maria CabanillasHouston$16.4M
- Sumana GangiMesquite$13.2M
- Damaris VegaHouston$12.3M
- Mark KipnesSan Antonio$10.3M
- Amer Al KaradshehHouston$8.8M
- Ildiko LingvayDallas$8.2M
- Eduardo LunaEdinburg$7.6M
- Thomas BlevinsAustin$7.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.