RxDoctor Payments Data

Rafael Gonzalez, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Rio Piedras, PRNPI 1144427758

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $32,738 of the $46,700 with a category attached, or 70.1%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boehringer Ingelheim at 58.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $14,089 and has fallen 94.1% since, to $826 in 2025. Among endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism clinicians in PR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$46,700in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 164 payments — averaging $284.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boehringer Ingelheim$27K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$8K
  • Merck$7K
  • Johnson & Johnson$2K
  • Medtronic$871
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$435
  • plus $2K from 9 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$8,47018%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$32,73870%
  • Travel & lodging$1,5873%
  • Food & beverage$3,7908%
  • Education$1160%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Boehringer Ingelheim49$27,137
Lilly USA, LLC8$7,963
Merck24$6,691
Johnson & Johnson4$2,003
Medtronic10$871
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC7$435
AbbVie3$412
Novo Nordisk20$397
Abbott8$184
AstraZeneca10$172
Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch7$155
Dexcom, Inc.7$129
Amgen4$95
PBG Puerto Rico LLC2$37
Bayer1$20

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

$46,700 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 143 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Puerto Rico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$4,020
Medicare patients
27
Services billed
52

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
TrulicityDulaglutide560$583,584
JardianceEmpagliflozin591$440,854
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol511$330,681
OzempicSemaglutide293$291,582
TradjentaLinagliptin441$264,827
Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl332$228,388
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate301$211,041
Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl296$190,393
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium2,912$181,718
Trijardy XrEmpaglifloz/Linaglip/Metformin241$160,796
MounjaroTirzepatide121$138,403
Jentadueto XrLinagliptin/Metformin Hcl174$96,023
GlyxambiEmpagliflozin/Linagliptin113$77,823
Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin120$77,248
JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl65$59,545

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Synjardy Xr, Trijardy Xr, Jentadueto Xr$27,137$1,308,8851,958 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75-25, Humulin 70-30$7,963$775,3561,122 claims
MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr, Janumet$6,691$460,980662 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$172$330,681511 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$397$291,582293 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$412$181,7182,912 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus, Soliqua 100-33$435$67,943517 claims
AmgenProlia$95$51,11029 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana$2,003$25,88046 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 90th percentile of 143 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Puerto Rico.

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