Jorge Rodriguez, MD
Surgery · Pasadena, TXNPI 1760470561
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 23 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 25.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $289 and has fallen 64.1% since, to $104 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $2,700.
Across 23 payments — averaging $35.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$201
- Medline Industries LP$177
- Abbott$144
- TELA Bio, Inc.$120
- Johnson & Johnson$43
- Smith+Nephew$19
- plus $101 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$805100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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) | 2 | $201 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $177 |
| Abbott | 2 | $144 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 7 | $120 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $43 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $14 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $12 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $10 |
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
$805 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 1,830 surgery providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 111 | $1,184 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 46 | $832 |
| Cephalexin | 121 | $808 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 14 | $483 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 39 | $226 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 23 | $198 |
| Levofloxacin | 34 | $118 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 16 | $64 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 11 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Pasadena
- Michael HarkinsTomball$2.7M
- Douglas StoddardAustin$1.4M
- Steven FassAustin$989K
- Vineet ChoudhryAustin$851K
- Andy HawthorneRound Rock$843K
- Nancy MarquezAustin$700K
- Sachin KukrejaDallas$640K
- Alejandro EsquivelAustin$631K
- Erik WilsonBellaire$610K
- Folahan AyoolaDenton$570K
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.