Carlos Sierra-Rodriguez, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Ponce, PRNPI 1700865268
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,821 of the $7,373 with a category attached, or 65.4%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 50.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,062 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $15 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology 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 60 payments — averaging $122.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$551
- AbbVie$142
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$113
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$100
- plus $286 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,82165%
- Food & beverage$1,55221%
- Education$1,00014%
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 | 17 | $3,706 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $2,475 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $551 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $142 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Northgate Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Bayer | 4 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $31 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $22 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,425
- SOLYX$1,806
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- INTERSTIM$362
- UPSYLON$325
- CEQUA$113
- Uterine Manipulators & Injectors$100
How this compares
$7,373 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 333 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 13 | $816 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Ponce
- Alexandra OrtizPonce$15K
- Lyanne Colon SantosPonce$3K
- Ixaira Colon MoralesPonce$2K
- Gabriel de la Torre BisotPonce$2K
- Yadira Mendez FelicianoPonce$1K
- Sara Montalvo MedinaPonce$1K
- Carmen ZorrillaRio Piedras$41K
- Yari Vale MorenoGuaynabo$25K
- Erika Benabe-GonzalezSan Juan$24K
- Francisco Quintana GonzalezCoto Laurel Pr$16K
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.