Eduardo Gonzalez Hernandez, MD
Hand Surgery · Coral Gables, FLNPI 1578515532
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 58.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,132 and has fallen 88.9% since, to $459 in 2025.
Across 110 payments — averaging $61.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Amgen$611
- Shoulder Innovations, Inc.$294
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$263
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$236
- Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.$159
- plus $1K from 16 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $51,044 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.
- Novartis$153K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,11946%
- Education$3,62054%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 15 | $3,941 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 29 | $611 |
| Shoulder Innovations, Inc. | 3 | $294 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $263 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $236 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 16 | $159 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $147 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $143 |
| Stryker | 1 | $138 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $125 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $86 |
| Acumed LLC | 3 | $84 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $75 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $66 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 3 | $58 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Axogen | 2 | $40 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $37 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
- RevoMotion$263
- InSet System$145
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$138
- CLARIX$122
- XARELTO$108
How this compares
$6,739 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 173 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibuprofen | 227 | $1,273 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 58 | $445 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 19 | $316 |
| Gabapentin | 78 | $315 |
| Mupirocin | 22 | $170 |
| Cephalexin | 18 | $156 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $151 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 58 | $150 |
| Meloxicam | 39 | $83 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Coral Gables
- Roy CardosoCoral Gables$79K
- Elizabeth OuelletteCoral Gables$33K
- Jorge Orbay-CerratoMiami$12.5M
- Peter EvansStuart$525K
- Nirav GuptaOcala$491K
- Francisco RubioMiami$345K
- Justin ZumstegOrlando$133K
- Maria-Carolina Orbay AranMiami$108K
- Paul PatersonVero Beach$104K
- Helen Hui-ChouMiami$95K
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.