Ariel Chacon Balado, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Aibonito, PRNPI 1710050521
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,767 of the $8,325 with a category attached, or 69.3%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 25.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,887 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $206 in 2025.
Across 58 payments — averaging $143.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Encore Medical, LP$2K
- RMC Orthopedic & Surgical, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Smith+Nephew$143
- Johnson And Johnson International$138
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,76769%
- Food & beverage$1,55819%
- Education$1,00012%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 23 | $2,153 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 16 | $2,098 |
| RMC Orthopedic & Surgical, Inc. | 6 | $2,073 |
| Stryker | 10 | $1,720 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $143 |
| Johnson And Johnson International | 2 | $138 |
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.
- BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM$1,456
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$1,331
- DJO Surgical Match Point System$820
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$820
- DJO SURGICAL$817
- ARTHREX$167
- Healicoil$143
- MICRORAPTOR$143
- Bone Anchors with Arthroscopic Delivery System$143
- CLEAR-TRAC$143
- HEALIX$124
- GLOBAL$124
- DELTA$124
- DJO Surgical Alians Proximal Humerus Fracture Plate$123
- DJO Surgical Discovery Elbow System$123
How this compares
$8,325 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 94 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cefadroxil | 109 | $854 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 83 | $818 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 22 | $377 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $150 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Aibonito
- Jose Collazo BonillaAibonito$786
- Alberto Rivera RosadoSanturce$197K
- Andres Muniz MartinezCayey$56K
- David Beaton ComuladaSan Juan$29K
- John KaganHumacao$27K
- Juan Santiago TorresHatillo$24K
- Ariel Davila-ParrillaSan Juan$21K
- Francisco Lopez-GonzalezSan Juan$16K
- Jose Rodriguez DiazDorado$14K
- Edil Jimenez-PerezBayamon$14K
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.