Ernesto Cardenas
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Doral, FLNPI 1073568143
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,608 of the $5,608 with a category attached, or 64.3%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Exeltis, USA Inc. at 36.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,648 and has fallen 83.0% since, to $449 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 130 payments — averaging $43.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$948
- AbbVie$594
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$584
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$460
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$236
- plus $725 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00036%
- Food & beverage$3,60864%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 6 | $2,061 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $948 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 31 | $594 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 21 | $584 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 10 | $460 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 14 | $236 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 11 | $135 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $92 |
| Bayer | 4 | $79 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Organon | 2 | $41 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $36 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $14 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Slynd$2,000
- ETHICON$148
- ACESSA PROVU SYSTEM$146
- EVARREST$124
- Harmonic$124
- ENDOPATH ETS Articulating Linear Cutter$106
How this compares
$5,608 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,438 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Florida.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Doral
- Steven McCarusCelebration$2.3M
- Elliot CazesTampa$725K
- Charles BloomWinter Park$652K
- Jay CohenPlantation$556K
- Omar ZwainWinter Park$531K
- Keith AquaWellington$473K
- Jeffrey KotzenPalm Beach Gardens$413K
- Glenn BankertCrestview$388K
- Erica StockwellCelebration$321K
- Scott JordanFort Lauderdale$316K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.