Juan Blondet-Teixeira, MD
Surgery · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1003059379
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $19,000 of the $26,397 with a category attached, or 72.0%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 83.0% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,332 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $64 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in MN 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 53 payments — averaging $498.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$22K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$983
- Covidien LP$950
- Johnson & Johnson$245
- Conmed Corporation$136
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9504%
- Travel & lodging$3,67714%
- Food & beverage$2,77010%
- Education$19,00072%
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 | 29 | $21,898 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 14 | $2,185 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $983 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $950 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $245 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $136 |
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$15,269
- DAVINCI XI$6,000
- SEAMGUARD$1,542
- LINX Reflux Management System$1,105
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$165
- AIRSEAL$136
How this compares
$26,397 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 498 surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 14 | $1,977 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 38 | $80 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 17 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Saint Paul
- Mark SneiderSaint Paul$120K
- Ryan ChuppSaint Paul$31K
- Jennifer HaasSaint Paul$16K
- Jayson DockShakopee$266K
- Charles SvendsenMinneapolis$266K
- Michael MegalyMinneapolis$168K
- Andrew SurmakSaint Louis Park$167K
- William NorthrupWhite Bear Lake$160K
- Jolene SinghSt Cloud$150K
- Todd KelloggRochester$110K
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.