Diana Balsalobre
Neurology · Guaynabo, PRNPI 1194949503
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 35.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $990, 2.2 times the $452 reported in 2019.
Across 24 payments — averaging $116.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$990
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$773
- Biogen$387
- AbbVie$244
- AstraZeneca$96
- EMD Serono, Inc.$95
- plus $206 from 4 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $380,277 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$2.7M
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,19943%
- Food & beverage$1,59257%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 7 | $990 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $773 |
| Biogen | 5 | $387 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $244 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $96 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Amgen | 1 | $83 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $80 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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
$2,791 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 129 neurology providers in Puerto Rico.
Other neurology in Guaynabo
- Angel ChineaGuaynabo$1.7M
- Laura Surillo-DahdahGuaynabo$31K
- Frances Velez LagoGuaynabo$15K
- Yadira Flores MontanezGuaynabo$9K
- Marcos CruzGuaynabo$6K
- Janice Vargas RodriguezGuaynabo$2K
- Jose Avila OrnelasCaguas$538K
- Franchesca Fiorito-TorresSan Juan$453K
- Patricia de JesusCaguas$310K
- Mari GarciaSan Juan$138K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.