Jose Sanchez Mendiola, MD
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Carolina, PRNPI 1952378341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 29 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 49.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $527 and has fallen 66.3% since, to $177 in 2025.
Across 29 payments — averaging $58.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$838
- GSK$250
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$241
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$133
- Merck$96
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$86
- plus $45 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,65698%
- Education$342%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 20 | $838 |
| GSK | 2 | $250 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $241 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $133 |
| Merck | 1 | $96 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Amgen | 1 | $34 |
| Stryker | 1 | $11 |
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
Too few plastic surgery within the head & neck providers in Puerto Ricoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 65 | $246,288 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 869 | $22,932 |
| Famotidine | 1,621 | $14,045 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 1,034 | $10,749 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 593 | $10,503 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 786 | $8,907 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 949 | $7,265 |
| Ofloxacin | 116 | $6,016 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 117 | $2,707 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 122 | $2,428 |
| Sucralfate | 15 | $2,209 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 27 | $2,001 |
| MupirocinMupirocin Calcium | 19 | $1,821 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 52 | $1,752 |
| Diclofenac Potassium | 90 | $1,659 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Carolina
- Gabriel Pujol CuevasPonce$3K
- Edgar Domenech FagundoPonce$2K
- Pablo Lopez BaezBayamon$471
- Jose Sanchez PerezBayamon$450
- Luis Valledor MaesoHato Rey$430
- Francis Beauchamp-PerezSan Juan$426
- Jorge Aldrich NovoaGuaynabo$415
- Roberto Gonzalez GonzalezPonce$343
- Jose Almodovar LabordeSan German$204
- Benjamin RodriguezManati$153
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.