Jose Yeguez, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Boca Raton, FLNPI 1497771323
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 64.1% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $5,746 and has fallen 79.3% since, to $1,191 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $168.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Acell, Inc.$2K
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$664
- Davol Inc.$380
- Medtronic$279
- Vertex$249
- plus $505 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,39611%
- Food & beverage$4,12434%
- Education$6,43753%
- Gifts$2092%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 40 | $7,796 |
| Acell, Inc. | 3 | $2,294 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 6 | $664 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $380 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $279 |
| Vertex | 2 | $249 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 8 | $182 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $145 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $121 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$6,243
- JOURNAVX$249
- Phasix Mesh$191
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$145
- AIRSEAL$121
How this compares
$12,166 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 157 colon & rectal surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 58 | $3,641 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 146 | $302 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 11 | $246 |
| Gabapentin | 30 | $82 |
| Metronidazole | 16 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Boca Raton
- Avraham BelizonBoca Raton$482K
- Mark SolimanAltamonte Springs$872K
- Eduardo Parra DavilaWest Palm Beach$577K
- Matthew AlbertAltamonte Springs$514K
- Rahila EssaniCelebration$379K
- Henry LujanMiami$378K
- Steven WexnerWeston$333K
- Allen ChudzinskiTampa$252K
- Ron LandmannJacksonville$224K
- Luis HernandezMiami$220K
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.