Pedro Tort Saade, MD
Sports Medicine · Guaynabo, PRNPI 1245224278
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (38.8%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Linvatec Corporation at 24.7% of the total. Among sports medicine 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 164 payments — averaging $247.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Linvatec Corporation$10K
- Encore Medical, LP$8K
- Exactech, Inc.$8K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Arthrex$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- plus $5K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,78019%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,20023%
- Travel & lodging$15,72239%
- Food & beverage$7,05117%
- Education$8002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linvatec Corporation | 5 | $9,998 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 16 | $7,647 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 5 | $7,565 |
| Smith+Nephew | 17 | $3,403 |
| Arthrex | 36 | $3,341 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 23 | $3,111 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 19 | $1,638 |
| RMC Orthopedic & Surgical, Inc. | 8 | $1,515 |
| Johnson And Johnson International | 11 | $735 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $607 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $384 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $154 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Stryker | 1 | $112 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $110 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $72 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 2 | $36 |
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.
- EQUINOXE$7,565
- Bioinductive Implant with Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium$2,690
- ROSA-Knee$1,467
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$1,253
- ARTHREX$1,148
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$660
- Avenir$658
- ROSA$568
- AMISTEM$531
- KNEE MANUAL INSTRUMENTS$500
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Reverse$407
- LINVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$298
- LINVATEC EXTREMITIES$298
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$298
- LINVATEC HIP PRESERVATION SYSTEM$298
- Healicoil$266
- REDAPT$241
- DJO SURGICAL$232
- Mini-Open Latarjet$133
- MICRORAPTOR$133
How this compares
$40,553 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 27 sports medicine providers in Puerto Rico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 40 | $10,353 |
| MupirocinMupirocin Calcium | 36 | $8,215 |
| Tramadol Hcl-AcetaminophenTramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen | 106 | $1,562 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 117 | $1,432 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 41 | $851 |
| Mupirocin | 93 | $843 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 78 | $818 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 129 | $741 |
| Dexamethasone | 132 | $621 |
| Famotidine | 203 | $621 |
| Nabumetone | 169 | $610 |
| Gabapentin | 111 | $440 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 110 | $437 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 26 | $294 |
| Diclofenac Potassium | 23 | $280 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $384 | $10,35340 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 95th percentile of 27 sports medicine providers in Puerto Rico.
Other sports medicine in Guaynabo
- Lionel LazaroSan Juan$38K
- Magdiel Mayol UrdazCarolina$28K
- Omar Rodriguez AlejandroSan Juan$25K
- Artemio Torres MartinezManati$20K
- Jose Echenique AranaSan Juan$11K
- Antonio de la Cruz MirandaBayamon$8K
- Felipe Fontanez-SullivanBayamon$4K
- Manuel BadilloCarolina$2K
- Jose Santiago RodriguezCayey$1K
- Gilberto AlvaradoPonce$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.