Pablo Cantero
Guaynabo, PRNPI 1639694367
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,630 of the $7,366 with a category attached, or 76.4%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 43.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,764, more than ten times the $46 reported in 2020.
Across 152 payments — averaging $48.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$904
- Abbott$828
- Boehringer Ingelheim$284
- PBG Puerto Rico LLC$207
- plus $681 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,33318%
- Food & beverage$5,63076%
- Education$4035%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 31 | $3,187 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $1,275 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 39 | $904 |
| Abbott | 22 | $828 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $284 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 12 | $207 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $204 |
| Novartis | 6 | $123 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Merck | 4 | $72 |
| Amgen | 2 | $45 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $43 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- LifeVest$400
- SYMPLICITY G3$321
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$295
- NA$266
- GENERAL TACHY$220
- RESOLUTE ONYX$183
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$171
- ONYX FRONTIER$155
- Micra$140
- GENERAL BRADY$138
- GALLANT$136
- CryoConsole$133
- SUPERA$125
- ASSURITY$121
- ZEPBOUND$119
- PulseSelect$106
- JARDIANCE$103
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 16 | $9,621 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 11 | $6,786 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 30 | $219 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 17 | $191 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 13 | $129 |
| Losartan Potassium | 20 | $116 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 15 | $99 |
| Carvedilol | 13 | $91 |
| Lisinopril | 11 | $41 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $26 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $284 | $6,78611 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. There are too few providers in Puerto Ricoon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.