Manuel Betancourt Torres, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Luquillo, PRNPI 1023492568
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,712 of the $2,767 with a category attached, or 61.9%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,152 and has fallen 83.1% since, to $365 in 2025.
Across 24 payments — averaging $115.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$844
- Penumbra, Inc.$164
- Abbott$139
- BD$128
- Stryker$109
- plus $60 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,71262%
- Food & beverage$1,05538%
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 | 15 | $1,323 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 2 | $844 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $164 |
| Abbott | 3 | $139 |
| BD | 1 | $128 |
| Stryker | 1 | $109 |
| Cardinal Health P.r. 120 Inc | 1 | $60 |
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
$2,767 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 27 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Puerto Rico.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 16 | $690 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Luquillo
- Carlos AnayaManati$18K
- Eduardo Gonzalez PonsManati$8K
- Stephanie Torres-AyalaMayaguez$7K
- Roberto Kutcher-DiazSan Juan$6K
- Angel Torres RiveraMayaguez$4K
- Jesus BuonomoPonce$2K
- Alejandro Hidalgo RiosSan Juan$2K
- Brandon PaganDorado$2K
- Javier Nazario LarrieuBayamon$2K
- Jorge Arzola ColonHato Rey$1K
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.