Rocio Pestana, MD
Internal Medicine · South Miami, FLNPI 1316068612
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 272 payments — averaging $20.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$609
- Lilly USA, LLC$525
- Pfizer$440
- Novo Nordisk$434
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,655100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 42 | $1,182 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 70 | $1,046 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 24 | $609 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 30 | $525 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $440 |
| Novo Nordisk | 21 | $434 |
| GSK | 12 | $269 |
| Exact Sciences | 9 | $224 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $94 |
| Amgen | 4 | $90 |
| Merck | 5 | $84 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Novartis | 3 | $62 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $51 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $51 |
| Bayer | 2 | $51 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $48 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $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
$5,655 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 71 | $78,545 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 53 | $66,890 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 38 | $57,966 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 37 | $40,442 |
| EliquisApixaban | 22 | $26,452 |
| Trijardy XrEmpaglifloz/Linaglip/Metformin | 11 | $6,639 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 11 | $6,475 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 74 | $6,406 |
| Omeprazole | 155 | $3,492 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 307 | $3,439 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 14 | $3,352 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 222 | $2,833 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 222 | $2,814 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 22 | $2,421 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 105 | $2,100 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $434 | $78,54571 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Trijardy Xr | $609 | $73,52964 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $84 | $57,96638 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $525 | $40,44237 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $440 | $26,45222 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,182 | $9,82725 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $1,046 | $6,40674 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 85th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in South Miami
- Yaneicy Gonzalez RojasCoral Gables$93.5M
- Juan Carlos RondonHollywood$66.8M
- Jaynier MoyaPembroke Pines$45.4M
- Mark KutnerMiami$35.7M
- Gilberto JimenezHialeah$35.6M
- Mira BaronWest Palm Beach$29.6M
- William SanchezHialeah$28.9M
- Nelia Sanchez-CrespoHollywood$28.8M
- Kwabena AyesuOrlando$27.6M
- Michael DeverWindermere$24M
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.