Elizabeth Barranco
Internal Medicine · Ponce, PRNPI 1316066350
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $13,574 of the $15,432 with a category attached, or 88.0%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Eli Lilly at 42.6% of the total. Among internal medicine clinicians in PR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 80 payments — averaging $192.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$7K
- Merck$6K
- Novartis$3K
- Pfizer$169
- Novo Nordisk$41
Across 1,214 payments — averaging $6709.21 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 Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch$4.2M
- Merck$1.2M
- Modernatx, Inc.$973K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$562K
- Amgen$342K
- Eli Lilly$241K
- plus $691K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$13,57488%
- Food & beverage$1,85812%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 48 | $6,581 |
| Merck | 23 | $5,860 |
| Novartis | 7 | $2,781 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $169 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $41 |
How this compares
$15,432 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,043 internal medicine providers in Puerto Rico.
Other internal medicine in Ponce
- Hector Martinez FornaPonce$19K
- Enrique Rodriguez-PazPonce$14K
- Carlos RiveraPonce$12K
- Darcy Diago BlancoPonce$10K
- Rafael Espinet PerezPonce$7K
- Brian Torres MercadoPonce$6K
- Raul Cota LeyPonce$6K
- Humberto SimonettiPonce$6K
- Stephen Bury FiolPonce$5K
- Eduardo Colon MelendezPonce$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.