William Ruiz Garcia
Surgery · San Juan, PRNPI 1558457762
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 12 payments — averaging $31.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$96
- Medtronic$87
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$62
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$44
- Johnson & Johnson$29
- Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch$20
- plus $35 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$372100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 1 | $96 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $87 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $29 |
| Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$372 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 202 surgery 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.
Other surgery in San Juan
- Fernando Rivera CruzSan Juan$88K
- Jorge Pelet MejiasSan Juan$50K
- Eric EscribanoSan Juan$13K
- Milagros Fernandez VazquezSan Juan$12K
- William Mendez LatalladiSan Juan$10K
- Edwin Torres RiveraSan Juan$8K
- Jorge Sanchez-VivaldiSan Juan$7K
- Vangie Texidor CabanillasSan Juan$7K
- Eduardo Chinea AmadeoSan Juan$6K
- Albert Suarez-DominguezSan Juan$6K
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.