Alberto Maldonado Molina
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Ponce, PRNPI 1689641631
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $50,800 of the $83,887 with a category attached, or 60.6%. Livanova USA, Inc. accounts for 77.0% of it on its own, with 34 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $62,162 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $761 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in PR 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 272 payments — averaging $308.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$65K
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- Medtronic$5K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Abiomed$644
- plus $3K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$50,80061%
- Travel & lodging$18,12122%
- Food & beverage$8,95811%
- Education$6,0007%
- Gifts$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 87 | $64,610 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 16 | $8,861 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 45 | $4,756 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 43 | $1,042 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 9 | $1,040 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $644 |
| Corcym Inc | 7 | $394 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 3 | $349 |
| BD | 3 | $232 |
| Abbott | 2 | $226 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 9 | $195 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $140 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Bayer | 1 | $125 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Amgen | 1 | $100 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 5 | $98 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $95 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $83 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $74 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $73 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 3 | $59 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $48 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $17 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Perceval$63,397
- Da Vinci Surgical System$8,495
- Memo4D$1,080
- MICS Instruments$1,080
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$786
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$786
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$786
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$786
- MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR$770
- Achieve$596
- CoreValve Evolut$576
- ClosureFast$554
- MICS Cannulae$507
- Impella$504
- Relay Plus$318
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$249
- Avalus$168
- SYMPLICITY G3$161
- Epic$146
- FUROSCIX$125
How this compares
$83,887 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Puerto Rico.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amiodarone Hcl | 23 | $750 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 56 | $522 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 48 | $364 |
| Bumetanide | 15 | $243 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 32 | $193 |
| Furosemide | 29 | $138 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Ponce
- Ernesto SolteroPonce$8K
- Eugenio Mulero PortelaPonce$7K
- Javier Ruiz AburtoPonce$1K
- Javier Castillo-GraneroBayamon$113K
- Juan HernandezSan Juan$24K
- Elizardo Matos-CruzSan Juan$23K
- Ivan GonzalezSan Juan$20K
- Alex Cedeno RodriguezSan Juan$9K
- Orlando Lopez de VictoriaSan Juan$6K
- Francisco Melendez QuinonesSan Juan$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.