Diego Gonzalez Bravo
Interventional Cardiology · Arecibo, PRNPI 1205212248
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.0%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 39.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $11,897 and has fallen 50.9% since, to $5,839 in 2025.
Across 362 payments — averaging $84.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$12K
- Medtronic$7K
- Edwards Lifesciences$5K
- Abbott$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Amgen$312
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00033%
- Travel & lodging$7,66725%
- Food & beverage$12,47541%
- Education$1951%
- Gifts$750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 75 | $11,999 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 129 | $6,999 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 46 | $5,076 |
| Abbott | 41 | $2,268 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 9 | $1,464 |
| Amgen | 6 | $312 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $306 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $270 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 15 | $269 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 4 | $242 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $182 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $167 |
| Merck | 7 | $167 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 5 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $115 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $102 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 3 | $92 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $58 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $49 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,861
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,276
- MitraClip$764
- GORE CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder$669
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$631
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$485
- SYMPLICITY G3$440
- Micra$418
- TURNPIKE$306
- WATCHMAN FLX$273
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$272
- Amplia MRI$269
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$182
- Cobalt$149
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$147
- AMPLATZER AMULET$143
- JARDIANCE$125
- Repatha$119
- Sentinel$112
- AVVIGO Guidance System$112
How this compares
$30,412 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 39 interventional cardiology providers in Puerto Rico.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 26 | $294 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 13 | $253 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Arecibo
- Jonathan Cordero JimenezArecibo$16K
- Carlos Salgado RodriguezArecibo$3K
- Damian Grovas AbadSan Juan$498K
- Eric Carro JimenezSan Juan$416K
- Hector Martinez GonzalezMayaguez$261K
- Alejandro Lopez MasPonce$142K
- Ricardo SantiagoManati$131K
- Edwin I Perez MarreroSan Juan$129K
- Pedro Colon HernandezCaguas$128K
- Enrique Hernandez VilaPonce$44K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.