Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

CARLOS BENJAMIN VARGAS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Psychiatry & Neurology Psychiatry

NPI
1295855377
CMS profile
286036
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,191.23

  • Reported across 373 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$468.46

22 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $317.13 16
Education $151.33 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,441.91 92
PY2019 $2,096.28 91
PY2020 $1,397.34 84
PY2021 $605.18 32
PY2022 $507.40 25
PY2023 $674.66 27
PY2024 $468.46 22

Payment records · PY2024 (22)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $13.71 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271656 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.45 02/22/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271658 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.45 03/22/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271660 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $31.54 03/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271662 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $12.01 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271664 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.45 09/30/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271666 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $24.45 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271668 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.45 11/04/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271670 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.32 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271672 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $7.76 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271674 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.45 12/11/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106271676 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $109.08 11/01/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101328980 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $23.78 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101328988 CMS
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. $20.69 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150855718 CMS
Noven Therapeutics, LLC $18.67 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1084819188 CMS
Noven Therapeutics, LLC $17.43 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1084819190 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $22.40 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118998303 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $27.88 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118998305 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $17.24 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118998307 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $18.49 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118998309 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $21.32 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151699415 CMS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.44 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133924675 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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