Melvin Bonilla-Felix
Pediatric Nephrology · Santurce, PRNPI 1144286055
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $14,330 of the $22,726 with a category attached, or 63.1%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 56.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,412, more than ten times the $1,244 reported in 2019.
Across 75 payments — averaging $303.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$13K
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$5K
- Sanofi$3K
- AstraZeneca$328
- Novo Nordisk$291
- Novartis$290
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,33063%
- Travel & lodging$3,53116%
- Food & beverage$4,38919%
- Gifts$4752%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15 | $12,824 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 10 | $4,570 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $2,786 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 4 | $328 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $291 |
| Novartis | 8 | $290 |
| GSK | 3 | $241 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $236 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $219 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $214 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $100 |
| Biogen | 2 | $95 |
| Amgen | 1 | $76 |
| Merck | 2 | $56 |
| Bayer | 2 | $52 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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
Too few pediatric nephrology providers in Puerto Ricoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric nephrology in Santurce
- Nilka Dejesus GonzalezRio Piedras$60K
- Marta Suarez-RiveraSan Juan$7K
- Janice Crespo SalgadoRio Piedras$2K
- Xamayta Negroni-BalasquideBayamon$2K
- Maria GomezSan Juan$1K
- Rafael GonzalezSan Juan$1K
- Maria MelendezBayamon$915
- Auda Plaud GonzalezSan Juan$896
- Urbano PaganPonce$476
- Jose Rivera VieraLoiza$383
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.