RxDoctor Payments Data

Juan Sotomonte Ariza, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · San Juan, PRNPI 1740373455

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $12,420 of the $17,016 with a category attached, or 73.0%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,268 and has fallen 84.0% since, to $1,479 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in PR, where the typical reported total is $31,516.

$17,016in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 161 payments — averaging $105.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$6K
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$5K
  • Abbott$3K
  • Boston Scientific$981
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$710
  • Johnson & Johnson$406
  • plus $578 from 8 others
$121,725in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 35 payments — averaging $3477.87 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Medtronic$70K
  • Abbott$52K

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$4,50026%
  • Travel & lodging$961%
  • Food & beverage$12,42073%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medtronic(2 entities)53$6,299
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)17$5,121
Abbott50$2,921
Boston Scientific11$981
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.11$710
Johnson & Johnson6$406
Amgen2$244
Boehringer Ingelheim1$102
Johnson And Johnson International3$70
PBG Puerto Rico LLC3$65
Dexcom, Inc.1$28
CSL Behring1$25
Biotronik Inc.1$24
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC1$20

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

$17,016 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$28,885
Medicare patients
94
Services billed
295

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban143$91,159
XareltoRivaroxaban38$26,016
JardianceEmpagliflozin19$11,734
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan13$8,984
Amiodarone Hcl189$4,911
Flecainide Acetate72$2,608
Metoprolol Succinate102$1,362
Diltiazem Hcl18$787
Metoprolol Tartrate65$410
SotalolSotalol Hcl11$347
Fludrocortisone Acetate11$231
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl12$195
Spironolactone16$132
Carvedilol14$112

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$406$26,01638 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$102$11,73419 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 45th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.

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