Edgardo Aponte, MD
Gynecology · Lakewood Ranch, FLNPI 1497718720
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.8% of the total across 201 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 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 201 payments — averaging $19.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$608
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$598
- AbbVie$471
- Exact Sciences$189
- Pfizer$178
- Amgen$164
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,75694%
- Education$2506%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 21 | $608 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 38 | $598 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 22 | $471 |
| Exact Sciences | 9 | $189 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $178 |
| Amgen | 11 | $164 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 8 | $163 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 7 | $134 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 2 | $118 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 8 | $117 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $101 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $100 |
| Organon | 5 | $93 |
| Millicent US Inc | 4 | $92 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Bayer | 5 | $86 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $55 |
| Merck | 3 | $48 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Renovia Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $30 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $27 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$4,006 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 290 gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 80 | $6,779 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 12 | $420 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 13 | $300 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gynecology in Lakewood Ranch
- Jorge Alvarez HernandezLakewood Ranch$4K
- Jennifer McCullenLakewood Ranch$4K
- Aileen CaceresKissimmee$406K
- Parveen VahoraNew Port Richey$327K
- James KondrupVenice$310K
- Andrea GallowayThe Villages$252K
- Jessica VaughtOrlando$129K
- Steven ChavoustieMiami$113K
- Marshall BovelskyMelbourne$52K
- Minda NeimarkFt Lauderdale$46K
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.