Javier Castillo-Granero
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Bayamon, PRNPI 1598086357
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $67,900 of the $112,533 with a category attached, or 60.3%. Medtronic accounts for 92.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $42,631 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $5,395 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) 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.
Across 159 payments — averaging $707.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$104K
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Abbott$3K
- Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation$270
- Atricure, Inc.$93
- Terumo Medical Corporation$36
- plus $47 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,13018%
- Speaking & faculty fees$67,90060%
- Travel & lodging$19,89218%
- Food & beverage$4,6114%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 119 | $103,776 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 24 | $5,521 |
| Abbott | 7 | $2,790 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 4 | $270 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $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.
- Avalus$21,000
- Simulus$11,355
- CG Future$9,376
- Tri-Ad$7,940
- Contour 3D$7,452
- CoreValve Evolut$6,024
- MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR$2,773
- Mosaic$2,728
- Cardioblate$2,631
- Mitra Clip system$2,616
- KONECT RESILIA$721
- ONYX 18$483
- MitraClip System$138
- Virtuosaph Plus with Radial Indication$119
How this compares
$112,533 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Puerto Rico.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Bayamon
- Jose Rodriguez VegaBayamon$5K
- Jose Oneill-RiveraBayamon$4K
- Gonzalo Gonzalez-StawinskiBayamon$273
- Manuel Martinez ColonBayamon$58
- Alberto Maldonado MolinaPonce$84K
- Juan HernandezSan Juan$24K
- Elizardo Matos-CruzSan Juan$23K
- Ivan GonzalezSan Juan$20K
- Alex Cedeno RodriguezSan Juan$9K
- Ernesto SolteroPonce$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.