Luarde Montano Soto, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · San Juan, PRNPI 1033213368
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 901 payments — averaging $31.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Abbott$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Johnson And Johnson International$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$372
- plus $834 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00010%
- Travel & lodging$3,19911%
- Food & beverage$22,25577%
- Education$2901%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 310 | $12,151 |
| Boston Scientific | 300 | $7,469 |
| Abbott | 173 | $4,896 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 34 | $2,015 |
| Johnson And Johnson International | 27 | $1,007 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 18 | $372 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 14 | $301 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 12 | $208 |
| Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC | 6 | $187 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 3 | $59 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cardinal Health P.r. 120 Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Micra$2,156
- XARELTO$1,350
- CLARIA MRI QUAD CRT-D SURESCAN$993
- Agilis NxT EP Introducer$825
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$825
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$717
- Carto 3$414
- Watchman$414
- PulseSelect$396
- AVEIR$285
- GENERAL TACHY$248
- Farapulse$226
- RESONATE$224
- Advisor Catheter$163
- Reveal LINQ$151
- NA$150
- ACCOLADE SR$146
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$140
- WATCHMAN FLX$138
- ASSURITY$135
How this compares
$28,744 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 299 | $189,837 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 269 | $166,039 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 16 | $15,177 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 14 | $13,409 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 331 | $8,326 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 277 | $8,116 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 498 | $5,816 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 75 | $1,746 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 62 | $1,270 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 74 | $966 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 31 | $924 |
| Losartan Potassium | 120 | $892 |
| Cephalexin | 136 | $831 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 15 | $737 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 71 | $627 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $2,015 | $166,039269 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 40th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in San Juan
- Juan Sotomonte ArizaSan Juan$139K
- Richard Silva-CantilloSan Juan$101K
- Omar Nieves OrtizSan Juan$12K
- Hector ClaudioSan Juan$8K
- Miguel AbreuSan Juan$7K
- Jose Rivera RodriguezSan Juan$1K
- Francisco PerezPonce$286K
- Hector BanchsCarolina$132K
- Hilton Franqui-RiveraToa Alta$131K
- Leonell FreytesPonce$79K
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.