Physician profile

Raul Gaona

Internal Medicine · San Antonio, TX

NPI 1649259920

$3,306.65

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

26 companies · $352 in 2025

The $352 reported for 2025 was more than what a typical Internal Medicine provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $156).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$859.29

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Lilly USA, LLC $511.49 2019-2022
Novo Nordisk INC $485.83 2019-2025 Wegovy, Ozempic
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals INC. $480.16 2023-2025
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $440.80 2019-2023 Verquvo
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $343.05 2019
Bard Peripheral Vascular, INC. $136.14 2019
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $135.81 2019
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $123.32 2019
Cardiva Medical, INC. $117.02 2023 Cardiva Vascade 6/7f Vcs
Horizon Therapeutics Plc $63.52 2021-2022
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC $63.40 2019
Abbott Laboratories $62.71 2021-2022
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, INC. $58.24 2019-2021
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, INC $48.01 2019-2021
Amarin Pharma, INC. $39.13 2019
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Pfizer INC. $32.10 2019
Glaxosmithkline, LLC. $27.53 2019
Astellas Pharma US INC $26.89 2019
Si-Bone, INC. $22.33 2021
Mannkind Corporation $20.99 2019
Genentech USA, INC. $17.06 2019
Medtronic USA, INC. $15.59 2019
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, INC. $12.50 2019
Scilex Pharmaceuticals INC. $11.66 2019
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, INC. $11.37 2019

1 company reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Raul Gaona

$3,306.65

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Lilly USA, LLC
Context
The $352 reported for 2025 was more than what a typical Internal Medicine provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $156).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.