Alberto Sastre, MD
General Practice · Ciales, PRNPI 1295702504
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 62 payments — averaging $46.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$2K
- AstraZeneca$687
- GSK$207
- Boehringer Ingelheim$181
- Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch$138
- Johnson & Johnson$47
- plus $80 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50052%
- Food & beverage$1,33447%
- Education$231%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 2 | $1,518 |
| AstraZeneca | 33 | $687 |
| GSK | 8 | $207 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $181 |
| Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch | 7 | $138 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $47 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- STEGLATRO$1,500
- ANORO ELLIPTA$111
- JARDIANCE$104
How this compares
$2,857 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,586 general practice providers in Puerto Rico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 293 | $177,195 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 151 | $150,743 |
| EliquisApixaban | 124 | $83,923 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 234 | $66,502 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 133 | $65,309 |
| Trijardy XrEmpaglifloz/Linaglip/Metformin | 104 | $59,095 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 81 | $53,728 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 80 | $52,942 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 905 | $52,736 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 77 | $47,832 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 47 | $43,420 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 63 | $41,736 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 59 | $37,925 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 64 | $35,024 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 65 | $34,958 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimStiolto Respimat, Trijardy Xr, Jardiance, Synjardy Xr, Tradjenta | $181 | $344,275613 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $687 | $205,381354 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Januvia, Janumet Xr | $1,518 | $107,580171 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $207 | $64,522102 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33, Lantus | $26 | $52,812144 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $47 | $21,63734 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 95th percentile of 3,586 general practice providers in Puerto Rico.
Other general practice in Ciales
- Gregorio Cortes-MaisonetSan Juan$12.8M
- Barbara Orozco PerezCanovanas$5.1M
- Jesus Rodriguez RodriguezPonce$4.9M
- Luis PaganDorado$3.3M
- Cindy MartinezHormigueros$3.2M
- Gustavo AlbizuMorovis$3.1M
- Elham GhorbaniDorado$1.2M
- Victor MorenoMaunabo$903K
- Grisselle Ortiz RiveraMorovis$715K
- Elba PerezTrujillo Alto$651K
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.