RxDoctor Payments Data

Hector Lozano, MD

Gastroenterology · San Juan, PRNPI 1619083680

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $19,180 of the $27,968 with a category attached, or 68.6%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. at 51.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,498 and has fallen 66.6% since, to $3,502 in 2025. Among gastroenterology 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.

$27,968in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 212 payments — averaging $131.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$14K
  • Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC$4K
  • AbbVie$4K
  • Merck$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson$1K
  • Bristol Myers Squibb$1K
  • plus $835 from 8 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$3,45612%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$19,18069%
  • Food & beverage$5,24219%
  • Education$900%

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
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.35$14,391
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC6$4,471
AbbVie83$4,114
Merck3$1,723
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)50$1,233
Bristol Myers Squibb2$1,200
PBG Puerto Rico LLC15$299
Cvrx, Inc.2$186
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.7$137
Gilead3$71
Organon3$63
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals1$29
Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch1$25
Exact Sciences1$25

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

$27,968 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 198 gastroenterology providers in Puerto Rico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$20,047
Medicare patients
65
Services billed
175

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
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase81$98,464
XifaxanRifaximin16$47,167
Sucralfate222$19,639
SuprepSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates124$14,614
Mesalamine26$13,589
LinzessLinaclotide21$11,512
Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates137$11,047
Mesalamine DrMesalamine23$9,787
Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole47$9,767
Pantoprazole Sodium430$3,588
CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar)29$2,564
Lubiprostone13$1,693
Famotidine178$1,425
Omeprazole189$1,366
Flumazenil141$1,184

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
AbbVieCreon, Linzess$4,114$109,975102 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 198 gastroenterology providers in Puerto Rico.

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