Francisco Perez, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Ponce, PRNPI 1851359384
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,211 payments — averaging $235.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$147K
- Abbott$82K
- Boston Scientific$22K
- Novartis$18K
- Medtronic$14K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$710
- plus $2K from 15 others
Across 44 payments — averaging $1707.71 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.
- Medtronic$75K
- Boston Scientific$614
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,6884%
- Speaking & faculty fees$158,21078%
- Travel & lodging$12,0506%
- Food & beverage$23,66312%
- Education$50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 147 | $146,983 |
| Abbott | 531 | $82,289 |
| Boston Scientific | 211 | $21,792 |
| Novartis | 4 | $18,256 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 217 | $13,806 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 44 | $710 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 21 | $417 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 8 | $367 |
| Amgen | 3 | $213 |
| Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $184 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $173 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $155 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson And Johnson International | 3 | $75 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Bayer Puerto Rico Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $11 |
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.
- XARELTO$143,825
- Watchman$7,888
- ENSITE$7,530
- WATCHMAN FLX$6,365
- AVEIR$2,660
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,814
- NA$1,238
- Architect system$1,052
- Micra$677
- FIRMAP$616
- SelectSecure$481
- NIM Vital$395
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$393
- GALLANT$375
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$338
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$266
- ENSITE PRECISION$230
- FlexAbility Ablation Catheter$127
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$125
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$125
How this compares
$285,694 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 164 | $102,464 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 98 | $65,753 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 146 | $6,143 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 164 | $1,882 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 102 | $1,819 |
| Cephalexin | 90 | $825 |
| Fludrocortisone Acetate | 16 | $570 |
| Carvedilol | 74 | $451 |
| Losartan Potassium | 45 | $362 |
| Digoxin | 24 | $359 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 12 | $317 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 17 | $307 |
| Furosemide | 44 | $254 |
| Metolazone | 24 | $254 |
| Bumetanide | 18 | $246 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $146,983 | $65,75398 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Ponce
- Leonell FreytesPonce$79K
- Sergio Alegre-BoschettiPonce$48K
- Helder Hernandez RiveraPonce$35K
- Juan Sotomonte ArizaSan Juan$139K
- Hector BanchsCarolina$132K
- Hilton Franqui-RiveraToa Alta$131K
- Richard Silva-CantilloSan Juan$101K
- Suleyka Olivero-RiveraBayamon$76K
- Willibaldo OjedaBayamon$75K
- Javier Mirabal ArroyoBayamon$51K
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.