Urology in Puerto Rico
122 providers, $1,289,417 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $2,115.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays urology clinicians in Puerto Rico
Across 82 urology clinicians in Puerto Rico who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $2,101,161 in total — an average of $25,624 each, of which $24,005 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Claudio Bernaschina BobadillaPonce$131,687
- 2Mariela Martinez-RiveraPonce$104,892
- 3Freddy Mendez TorresCayey$95,316
- 4Luis AmbertRio Piedras$64,499
- 5Jorge Crespo CarrilloRio Piedras$61,915
- 6Ronald Cadillo ChavezBayamon$61,381
- 7Andres Perez RomanSan Juan$57,811
- 8Rafael Bouet BlasiniSan Juan$55,041
- 9Antonio Yulian ValentinCaguas$48,321
- 10Alberto Ramirez LopezDorado$46,667
- 11Jose Saavedra-BelaundeSan Juan$45,194
- 12Ricardo SaadeManati$42,046
- 13Javier CastilloPonce$40,945
- 14Francisco CapoSan Juan$37,710
- 15Gilberto Ruiz DeyaPonce$31,580
- 16Gil NievesSan Juan$30,312
- 17Alvin Lopez-PujalsCaguas$27,176
- 18Francois Soto PalouSan Juan$26,332
- 19Pablo Ortiz CerezoSan Juan$19,756
- 20Jorge Rivera HerreraSan Juan$19,406
- 21Eduardo CantoSan Juan$17,196
- 22Hector Cardona DobleSan Juan$13,069
- 23Giovanni Gonzalez AlboPonce$12,826
- 24Richard Baez TelladoPonce$10,389
- 25Antonio Puras BaezSan Juan$8,600
- 26Omar Soto-AvilesBayamon$7,620
- 27Victor Otano-RiveraArecibo$5,720
- 28Hector Lopez HuertasBayamon$5,705
- 29William Roman TorreguitartMayaguez$5,542
- 30Javier Colon IrizarryMayaguez$5,037
- 31Jose Maymi RiveraBayamon$4,956
- 32Jorge Rivera MirabalSan Juan$4,853
- 33Ramon Ramos CartagenaCaguas$4,811
- 34Luis Chinea RiveraSan Juan$4,644
- 35Rafael BritoPonce$4,324
- 36Marcos Perez BrayfieldGuaynabo$4,180
- 37William Roman AqueronMayaguez$4,101
- 38Rafael Ruiz QuijanoBayamon$4,100
- 39Jerry Echevarria MendezSan Juan$4,082
- 40Allan TorresSan Juan$3,921
- 41Raul ArroyoArecibo$3,748
- 42Andy Martinez MoralesManati$3,701
- 43Raymond ChalokaBayamon$3,613
- 44Ariana Lopez GarciaSan Juan$3,555
- 45Timoteo Torres SantiagoCaguas$3,502
- 46Jose Fournier RebolloBayamon$3,469
- 47Jan VazquezPonce$3,439
- 48Ramphis Morales LopezGuayama$3,225
- 49Fernando Arroyo-GonzalezArecibo$3,187
- 50Esteban Tresgallo ParesAibonito$3,146
- 51Norman de la RosaGuaynabo$2,959
- 52Elizabeth PerazzaSan Juan$2,910
- 53Jose Figueroa DiazSan Juan$2,803
- 54Felix Mendoza RosaPonce$2,782
- 55Patricia Maymi-CastrodadBayamon$2,777
- 56Vincent Rodriguez BuryCarolina$2,551
- 57Mario Garcia BruckmanSan Juan$2,357
- 58Lourdes GuerriosSan Juan$2,333
- 59Ceciliana de Andino de JesusMayaguez$2,324
- 60Adrian Santana ParacchiniPonce$2,310