Santos Ruiz Cordero
General Practice · Vero Beach, FLNPI 1598976557
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 81 payments — averaging $25.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$248
- Pfizer$231
- GSK$214
- Novartis$174
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$169
- Novo Nordisk$164
- plus $900 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,100100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 8 | $248 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $231 |
| GSK | 10 | $214 |
| Novartis | 10 | $174 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $169 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $164 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $154 |
| Bayer | 2 | $146 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $141 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $116 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $98 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $59 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $27 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Repatha$125
- Adempas$125
- AMS$109
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$103
- ClosureFast$101
How this compares
$2,100 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 6,901 general practice providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 101 | $142,308 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 61 | $85,956 |
| EliquisApixaban | 77 | $76,283 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 38 | $41,778 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 25 | $30,110 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $23,708 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 19 | $22,390 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 16 | $21,000 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 13 | $14,710 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 24 | $9,209 |
| Gabapentin | 201 | $8,344 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 11 | $8,259 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 551 | $7,573 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 470 | $7,263 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 25 | $6,135 |
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 | $164 | $142,308101 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $214 | $116,06786 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $231 | $76,28377 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $154 | $41,77838 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $59 | $23,70822 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $27 | $21,00016 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $174 | $14,71013 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort | $98 | $6,13525 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 6,901 general practice providers in Florida.
Other general practice in Vero Beach
- Jose CardonaMiami$71M
- Lawrence GalitzMiami Gardens$42.5M
- Armando AcevedoMiami$15.2M
- Jorge AmayaMiami$14.2M
- Frank AlvarezHialeah$13.6M
- Hector RodriguezMiami$12.8M
- Eddie ArmasSouth Miami$12.4M
- Idalia AcostaMiami$11.4M
- Lilia Rodriguez AblesMiami$10.7M
- Jorge Monroy AvellaOcoee$10.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.