RxDoctor Payments Data

Luis Rios, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery · San Juan, PRNPI 1346206182

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 38.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,887 and has fallen 59.4% since, to $1,173 in 2025.

$7,890in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 53 payments — averaging $148.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Smith+Nephew$3K
  • Zimmer Biomet$2K
  • Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc.$1K
  • Acumed LLC$612
  • Johnson & Johnson$298
  • Boston Scientific$157
  • plus $593 from 8 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$2,40030%
  • Travel & lodging$1,82623%
  • Food & beverage$3,66346%

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
Smith+Nephew7$3,001
Zimmer Biomet19$1,842
Advanced Orthopaedic Solutions, Inc.2$1,387
Acumed LLC1$612
Johnson & Johnson7$298
Boston Scientific2$157
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$154
KCI USA, Inc.1$125
PBG Puerto Rico LLC6$124
Johnson And Johnson International1$86
Globus Medical1$46
Stryker1$24
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$18
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC1$15

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

$7,890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 94 orthopaedic surgery providers in Puerto Rico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$54,346
Medicare patients
82
Services billed
273

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
Methylprednisolone64$543
Nabumetone24$303
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen28$261
Cefadroxil14$194
Baclofen18$149

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other orthopaedic surgery in San Juan

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