Jesus Rodriguez Rodriguez, MD
General Practice · Ponce, PRNPI 1750327888
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $887 of the $1,441 with a category attached, or 61.6%. Modernatx, Inc. accounts for 82.8% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,193 and has fallen 90.9% since, to $108 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in PR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 12 payments — averaging $120.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$127
- Genentech, Inc.$84
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$24
- Johnson & Johnson$13
Across 137 payments — averaging $35,965 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$4.9M
- Pfizer$49K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$6K
- Novavax Inc$2K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$88762%
- Food & beverage$55438%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 8 | $1,193 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $127 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
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
$1,441 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,586 general practice 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 27 | $35,704 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 24 | $30,115 |
| EliquisApixaban | 26 | $27,729 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 31 | $27,551 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 212 | $24,578 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 13 | $13,231 |
| SantylCollagenase Clostridium Hist. | 27 | $8,874 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 14 | $8,083 |
| LantusInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 41 | $5,859 |
| Famotidine | 536 | $5,337 |
| Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters | 107 | $5,187 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 392 | $4,702 |
| Candesartan Cilexetil | 40 | $4,294 |
| Humulin 70-30Insulin Nph Hum/Reg Insulin Hm | 29 | $3,770 |
| Losartan Potassium | 266 | $3,506 |
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 | $13 | $8,08314 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 90th percentile of 3,586 general practice providers in Puerto Rico.
Other general practice in Ponce
- Soria Diaz BaezPonce$192K
- Rafael Mendoza RodriguezPonce$77K
- Helen RuizPonce$5K
- Wilfredo CuevasSan Lorenzo$530K
- Julio BacoMayaguez$268K
- Carlos RomanCanovanas$140K
- William E TorresSan Juan$86K
- Frank Perez NogueiraSan German$70K
- Vivian Tamayo AgraitSan Juan$64K
- William Soto AvilesToa Baja$63K
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.