Juan Santiago Torres, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Hatillo, PRNPI 1700234101
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $15,000 of the $23,700 with a category attached, or 63.3%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 44.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $16,111 and has fallen 68.8% since, to $5,022 in 2024. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in PR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 18 payments — averaging $1316.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$10K
- Arthrex$10K
- CDC Medical LLC$2K
- Stryker$330
- Si-bone, Inc.$220
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$167
- plus $163 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$15,00063%
- Food & beverage$1,3005%
- Education$7,40031%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $10,421 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $10,000 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 2 | $2,400 |
| Stryker | 3 | $330 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $220 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $167 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $149 |
| Globus Medical | 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.
- EVOS$323
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$220
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$167
- FIBERGRAFT Aeridyan Matrix$167
- VARIAX$154
- GAMMA$154
- T2 ALPHA$154
- GRAFIX PL$130
- EVOS MINI$102
- TRIGEN$102
- TRIGEN Meta-Nail$102
How this compares
$23,700 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 94 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 120 | $367 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $283 |
| Methylprednisolone | 42 | $202 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 23 | $152 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $123 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 12 | $110 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $78 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $71 |
| Ibuprofen | 15 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Hatillo
- Alberto Rivera RosadoSanturce$197K
- Andres Muniz MartinezCayey$56K
- David Beaton ComuladaSan Juan$29K
- John KaganHumacao$27K
- Ariel Davila-ParrillaSan Juan$21K
- Francisco Lopez-GonzalezSan Juan$16K
- Jose Rodriguez DiazDorado$14K
- Edil Jimenez-PerezBayamon$14K
- Eric Hernandez-OrtizPonce$14K
- Richard Valentin BlasiniBayamon$13K
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.