RxDoctor Payments Data

Rafael Ufret-Perez, MD

Cardiology · Caguas, PRNPI 1811964760

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,050 of the $7,259 with a category attached, or 69.6%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 57.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,056 and has fallen 88.9% since, to $452 in 2025.

$7,259in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 98 payments — averaging $74.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$4K
  • Medtronic$623
  • AstraZeneca$455
  • Boston Scientific$378
  • Amgen$369
  • Abbott$312
  • plus $944 from 12 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2,08029%
  • Travel & lodging$170%
  • Food & beverage$5,05070%
  • Education$621%
  • Gifts$501%

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

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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
Johnson & Johnson37$4,179
Medtronic(2 entities)6$623
AstraZeneca15$455
Boston Scientific6$378
Amgen3$369
Abbott10$312
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.5$259
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.1$125
Boehringer Ingelheim3$106
GSK1$91
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)4$87
Merck1$78
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.1$71
Chiesi USA, Inc.1$50
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC1$23
PBG Puerto Rico LLC1$22
Johnson And Johnson International1$17
Cardinal Health P.r. 120 Inc1$14

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

Too few cardiology providers in Puerto Ricoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.

Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$36,777
Medicare patients
76
Services billed
342

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
EliquisApixaban238$153,773
XareltoRivaroxaban109$79,491
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan48$30,623
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol26$16,528
Metoprolol Succinate822$7,713
Candesartan-HydrochlorothiazidCandesartan/Hydrochlorothiazid86$6,538
Candesartan Cilexetil54$3,792
Irbesartan-HydrochlorothiazideIrbesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide158$3,447
Atorvastatin Calcium437$3,287
Doxazosin Mesylate259$3,229
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium37$2,720
Losartan Potassium382$2,699
Irbesartan147$2,234
Amlodipine Besylate476$1,926
Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide168$1,855

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
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$4,179$79,491109 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$455$16,52826 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 cardiology providers in Puerto Ricoon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.

Other cardiology in Caguas

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Where these figures come from

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