Braulio Sabates
General Surgery · Coral Gables, FLNPI 1417904327
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (53.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,618 and has fallen 72.6% since, to $2,364 in 2025. Among general surgery clinicians in FL 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 134 payments — averaging $99.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$10K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$401
- Davol Inc.$254
- Conmed Corporation$146
- Johnson & Johnson$113
- plus $169 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,43618%
- Food & beverage$3,57727%
- Education$7,17254%
- Gifts$1751%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 89 | $9,761 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 28 | $2,515 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $401 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $254 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $146 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $113 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $45 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
How this compares
$13,360 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 54 general surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 12 | $444 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 111 | $206 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 42 | $187 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 35 | $182 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 13 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general surgery in Coral Gables
- Juan SalazarCoral Gables$3K
- Paul WizmanBoca Raton$40K
- Mauricio HernandezMiami$20K
- Michael BaptistaJacksonville$9K
- Roberto ComperatoreHialeah$3K
- Edgar RodasFort Lauderdale$2K
- Orlando PuenteMiami$1K
- Carlos BustamanteFort Myers$881
- Pete GarciaMiami$514
- Rhoda SmithKey West$477
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.