Elizardo Matos-Cruz
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · San Juan, PRNPI 1346283785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.7%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 35.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,041 and has fallen 70.0% since, to $3,014 in 2025.
Across 448 payments — averaging $51.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Merck$7K
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$826
- Edwards Lifesciences$604
- AstraZeneca$596
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00013%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,1255%
- Travel & lodging$6,12126%
- Food & beverage$12,89356%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 258 | $8,135 |
| Merck | 13 | $6,805 |
| Abbott | 91 | $5,086 |
| Boston Scientific | 25 | $826 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 28 | $604 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $596 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $214 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $134 |
| Johnson And Johnson International | 2 | $130 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Amgen | 1 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $119 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $44 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
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.
- AVEIR$3,186
- KEYTRUDA$1,125
- Micra$942
- CoreValve Evolut$736
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$431
- TAGRISSO$321
- SelectSecure$252
- PORTICO$206
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$171
- Mitra Clip system$140
- NA$129
- UPTRAVI$125
- OPSUMIT$125
- Repatha$125
- XARELTO$125
- WATCHMAN Access System$123
- Watchman$122
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$120
- CAMZYOS$119
- ETHICON$117
How this compares
$23,139 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Puerto Rico.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in San Juan
- Juan HernandezSan Juan$24K
- Ivan GonzalezSan Juan$20K
- Alex Cedeno RodriguezSan Juan$9K
- Orlando Lopez de VictoriaSan Juan$6K
- Francisco Melendez QuinonesSan Juan$5K
- Jose QuilichiniSan Juan$2K
- Jose Colon PerezSan Juan$23
- Javier Castillo-GraneroBayamon$113K
- Alberto Maldonado MolinaPonce$84K
- Ernesto SolteroPonce$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.