Cesar Santiago, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Tampa, FLNPI 1659396406
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $133,583 of the $193,273 with a category attached, or 69.1%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 95.5% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $162,774 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $191 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 326 payments — averaging $592.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$185K
- Cook Incorporated$6K
- Medtronic$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$286
- Davol Inc.$146
- TELA Bio, Inc.$134
- plus $735 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,8008%
- Travel & lodging$35,16518%
- Food & beverage$9,7245%
- Education$133,58369%
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 | 278 | $184,624 |
| Cook Incorporated | 2 | $6,300 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $1,047 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 11 | $286 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $146 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Axogen | 1 | $108 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 5 | $106 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $105 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $60 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $39 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $31 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $29 |
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$179,088
- Cook Medical Biodesign$6,300
- INTERSTIM$233
- Cook Medical SIS Soft Tissue$169
- Signia$166
- Ovitex$134
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$108
- Inspire$106
How this compares
$193,273 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 157 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 71 | $673 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 40 | $226 |
| Metronidazole | 38 | $89 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Tampa
- Allen ChudzinskiTampa$252K
- Jaime SanchezTampa$157K
- Jorge MarcetTampa$74K
- Gavin SigleTampa$15K
- Robert BennettTampa$14K
- Julian SanchezTampa$12K
- Mark SolimanAltamonte Springs$872K
- Eduardo Parra DavilaWest Palm Beach$577K
- Matthew AlbertAltamonte Springs$514K
- Avraham BelizonBoca Raton$482K
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.