Carlos Negron Nazario
Internal Medicine · Ponce, PRNPI 1245603125
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 101 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,761, 9.9 times the $178 reported in 2019.
Across 101 payments — averaging $34.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$760
- Johnson & Johnson$406
- Abbott$376
- Boston Scientific$288
- AstraZeneca$202
- Bayer$191
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,490100%
- Education$130%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 14 | $760 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $406 |
| Abbott | 16 | $376 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $288 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $202 |
| Bayer | 2 | $191 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $170 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $164 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $139 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 7 | $134 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $97 |
| Bayer Puerto Rico Inc. | 4 | $97 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $88 |
| Merck | 3 | $82 |
| Amgen | 1 | $74 |
| Novartis | 3 | $65 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $41 |
| GSK | 1 | $32 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$164
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$137
- ONYX FRONTIER$135
- ELIQUIS$125
- Kerendia$125
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$117
- LifeVest$104
- LOKELMA$100
How this compares
$3,503 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,043 internal medicine providers in Puerto Rico.
Other internal medicine in Ponce
- Hector Martinez FornaPonce$19K
- Elizabeth BarrancoPonce$15K
- Enrique Rodriguez-PazPonce$14K
- Carlos RiveraPonce$12K
- Darcy Diago BlancoPonce$10K
- Rafael Espinet PerezPonce$7K
- Brian Torres MercadoPonce$6K
- Raul Cota LeyPonce$6K
- Humberto SimonettiPonce$6K
- Stephen Bury FiolPonce$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.