Nicolas Rosario-Matos
Pediatrics · Rio Piedras, PRNPI 1184827230
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Merck. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,282 and has fallen 90.4% since, to $123 in 2025. Among pediatrics clinicians in PR 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 18 payments — averaging $98.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$2K
Across 477 payments — averaging $4595.63 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Merck$1.5M
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$512K
- GSK$85K
- AbbVie$67K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$39K
- Pfizer$21K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$78544%
- Food & beverage$98656%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 18 | $1,772 |
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.
- V114$1,034
How this compares
$1,772 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 646 pediatrics providers in Puerto Rico.
Other pediatrics in Rio Piedras
- Ana MedinaRio Piedras$7K
- Karen Diaz-PerezRio Piedras$912
- Leslie Soto VelezSan Juan$274K
- Fernando Ysern BorrasCaguas$74K
- Diego Sanz de la PenaSan Juan$32K
- Iris CardonaCarolina$26K
- Ricardo Fontanet GranaCarolina$13K
- Gerardo ToscaSan Juan$10K
- Miguel SotoArecibo$9K
- Carmen SuarezBayamon$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.