RxDoctor Payments Data

Mariela Nieves-Rodriguez, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Arecibo, PRNPI 1376747766

Payments from drug & device makers

$5,674in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 163 payments — averaging $34.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$2K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$962
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$841
  • AstraZeneca$807
  • Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch$612
  • Merck$161
  • plus $262 from 6 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1,87033%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$3005%
  • Travel & lodging$220%
  • Food & beverage$3,41860%
  • Education$641%

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
Johnson & Johnson5$2,028
Boehringer Ingelheim40$962
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC27$841
AstraZeneca44$807
Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch28$612
Merck7$161
Abbott4$97
Dexcom, Inc.4$80
PBG Puerto Rico LLC1$25
Amgen1$24
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC1$20
Lilly USA, LLC1$16

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

$5,674 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 143 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Puerto Rico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$3,518
Medicare patients
15
Services billed
38

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
TrulicityDulaglutide159$165,111
Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin167$105,441
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol150$96,536
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium1,189$89,498
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate122$81,641
Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl100$75,366
JardianceEmpagliflozin87$68,894
Trijardy XrEmpaglifloz/Linaglip/Metformin86$62,220
Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl88$59,148
JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl87$53,893
SynjardyEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl66$51,455
Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide55$49,375
TradjentaLinagliptin80$47,645
OzempicSemaglutide32$35,019
Jentadueto XrLinagliptin/Metformin Hcl51$27,120

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
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Trijardy Xr, Synjardy Xr, Synjardy, Tradjenta$962$367,180528 claims
MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr, Janumet$161$210,900309 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Humulin 70-30, Humalog, Humulin N$16$173,948242 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$807$96,536150 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33, Lantus$841$59,348181 claims
AmgenProlia$24$21,42012 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 55th percentile of 143 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Puerto Rico.

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