Miguel Ponce
Surgical · Las Cruces, NMNPI 1750428819
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Si-bone, Inc. at 30.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,802 and has fallen 77.2% since, to $411 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in NM with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 58 payments — averaging $47.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$839
- Medtronic$720
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$539
- Vertex$181
- Radius Health, Inc.$117
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$116
- plus $244 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,18543%
- Food & beverage$1,57257%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $839 |
| Medtronic | 27 | $720 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 8 | $539 |
| Vertex | 5 | $181 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $117 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Stryker | 2 | $65 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $6 |
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.
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$793
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$355
- ESOPHYX$116
- Tymlos$101
How this compares
$2,757 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 44 surgical providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 289 | $3,257 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 394 | $2,134 |
| Methylprednisolone | 221 | $1,775 |
| Naproxen | 77 | $669 |
| Celecoxib | 49 | $576 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $231 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Las Cruces
- Carolyn EvansLas Cruces$836
- Iris DarbyLas Cruces$796
- Britteni RomeroLas Cruces$328
- Rebecca BrownLas Cruces$17
- Susan EarlsSanta Fe$5K
- Corinthiann SnodgrassAlbuquerque$4K
- Deborah BromfieldAlbuquerque$3K
- Nancy DuhiggAlbuquerque$2K
- Tracy VuAlbuquerque$2K
- Craig GilcreaseAlbuquerque$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.