RxDoctor Payments Data

Hector Banchs, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Carolina, PRNPI 1730496928

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $106,615 of the $132,350 with a category attached, or 80.6%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boehringer Ingelheim at 37.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $45,204 and has fallen 86.9% since, to $5,941 in 2025. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology 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.

$132,350in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 319 payments — averaging $414.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boehringer Ingelheim$50K
  • AstraZeneca$37K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$22K
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$8K
  • Abbott$6K
  • Medtronic$4K
  • plus $6K from 14 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$9001%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$106,61581%
  • Travel & lodging$13,90511%
  • Food & beverage$10,8878%
  • Education$420%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Boehringer Ingelheim53$50,200
AstraZeneca54$36,516
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.33$22,121
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)32$7,638
Abbott27$6,191
Medtronic(2 entities)42$3,671
Boston Scientific45$3,291
Merck5$1,218
Bristol Myers Squibb1$300
Johnson And Johnson International4$296
Johnson & Johnson11$256
Bayer2$139
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.1$125
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.1$100
Chiesi USA, Inc.1$91
Abiomed1$83
PBG Puerto Rico LLC3$56
Scpharmaceuticals Inc.1$21
Novartis1$21
Pfizer1$14

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.

How this compares

$132,350 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

Part B allowed, 2024
$16,765
Medicare patients
38
Services billed
135

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban173$179,201
XareltoRivaroxaban52$66,808
MultaqDronedarone Hcl38$50,815
JardianceEmpagliflozin39$45,403
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan32$39,254
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol19$19,130
Candesartan-HydrochlorothiazidCandesartan/Hydrochlorothiazid21$4,559
Metoprolol Succinate189$4,240
Atorvastatin Calcium159$2,335
Losartan Potassium141$2,001
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium14$1,956
Candesartan Cilexetil14$1,702
Rosuvastatin Calcium78$1,454
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl20$1,199
Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide42$1,168

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis$14$179,201173 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$256$66,80852 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$50,200$45,40339 claims
NovartisEntresto$21$39,25432 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$36,516$19,13019 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.

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