Fanor Saavedra Pozo, MD
Neurological Surgery · San Juan, PRNPI 1669679072
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 38.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,147 and has fallen 72.1% since, to $876 in 2025.
Across 121 payments — averaging $86.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$4K
- Stryker$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$825
- Boston Scientific$712
- Medtronic$427
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,45842%
- Food & beverage$4,61644%
- Education$1,43014%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 19 | $3,993 |
| Stryker | 5 | $1,453 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $1,138 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $825 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $712 |
| Medtronic | 13 | $427 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $212 |
| MML US, Inc. | 2 | $206 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $195 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $184 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $126 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 4 | $102 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $98 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $96 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $94 |
| Abbott | 3 | $75 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $65 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $54 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $15 |
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.
- Excelsius - GPS$2,927
- TRITANIUM$1,158
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$1,158
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$1,158
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$1,158
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,158
- RELINE$401
- ALIF$401
- BIOLOGICS$390
- XIA 3$228
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$164
- ReActiv8$163
- CORBEL$158
- ARTHREX$150
- INTELLIS$135
- Pulse$126
- TLX$126
- XLIF$126
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$125
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$125
How this compares
$10,505 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 39 neurological surgery providers in Puerto Rico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 60 | $369 |
| Methocarbamol | 36 | $202 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $154 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in San Juan
- Rodolfo AlcedoSan Juan$38K
- Rafael Rodriguez-MercadoSan Juan$17K
- Cesar CarballoSan Juan$9K
- Michael LopezSan Juan$8K
- Eva Pamias PortalatinSan Juan$4K
- Gisela Murray OrtizSan Juan$4K
- Julio RosadoSan Juan$3K
- Larry TorresSan Juan$2K
- Miguel Mayol del ValleSan Juan$784
- Ramon de Leon-BerrasSan Juan$468
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.