Ylec Cardenas Castillo, MD
Neuromuscular Medicine · New Haven, CTNPI 1770967549
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 40 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 65.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $595 and has fallen 55.9% since, to $262 in 2025.
Across 40 payments — averaging $27.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$719
- AstraZeneca$125
- Argenx US, Inc.$111
- Genentech USA, Inc.$89
- Amgen$29
- Pfizer$18
- plus $16 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,106100%
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 | 28 | $719 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 4 | $111 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Amgen | 1 | $29 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals 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.
- ULTOMIRIS$125
How this compares
Too few neuromuscular medicine providers in Connecticutto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Radicava OrsEdaravone | 12 | $165,377 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 12 | $9,285 |
| Baclofen | 23 | $990 |
| Gabapentin | 58 | $735 |
| Propranolol Hcl | 25 | $576 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 12 | $570 |
| Memantine Hcl | 45 | $528 |
| Valproic Acid | 21 | $416 |
| Levetiracetam | 11 | $361 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 23 | $333 |
| RizatriptanRizatriptan Benzoate | 11 | $315 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 22 | $308 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 16 | $266 |
| Pregabalin | 26 | $230 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 12 | $207 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neuromuscular medicine in New Haven
- Bhaskar RoyNew Haven$17K
- Uzma UsmanNew Haven$425
- Kunal DesaiNew Haven$259
- Bertrand TsengNew Haven$125
- John TauroNorwich$54K
- Sasa ZivkovicGuilford$37K
- Barry GordonMeriden$3K
- Kevin FeliceNew Britain$2K
- David TinklepaughMystic$2K
- Arpad FejosMiddletown$1K
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.