Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

ALBERTO MALDONADO MOLINA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1689641631
CMS profile
166760
Location
PONCE, PR

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$94,238.53

  • Reported across 362 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,873.56

35 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,620.79 29
Travel and Lodging $1,244.03 5
Gift $8.74 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,625.35 7
Medtronic, Inc. $711.59 7
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $291.55 17
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $94.93 1
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY $75.68 1
LivaNova USA, Inc. $41.09 1
ABIOMED $33.37 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $11,197.81 100
PY2019 $62,162.39 109
PY2020 $11,216.84 25
PY2021 $1,389.69 23
PY2022 $1,628.83 31
PY2023 $3,769.41 39
PY2024 $2,873.56 35

Payment records · PY2024 (35)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABIOMED $33.37 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142238770 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $75.68 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127634597 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $94.93 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092235292 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.67 01/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765700 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $10.98 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765702 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3.61 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765704 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.14 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765706 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3.49 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765708 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $18.54 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765732 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $4.62 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765724 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.77 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765722 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.79 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765736 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $74.57 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765772 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $9.31 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765770 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $53.71 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765808 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $11.51 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765794 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $7.00 06/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765804 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $49.69 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765846 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $4.18 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765848 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $11.97 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138765828 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $25.00 03/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137107562 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $425.35 03/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137114571 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $761.68 03/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137166304 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $25.00 03/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137237366 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8.74 04/09/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137274855 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $344.29 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137285381 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $35.29 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137248845 CMS
LivaNova USA, Inc. $41.09 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152796249 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $102.49 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434805 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $161.08 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434807 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $116.19 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434809 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $11.33 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434811 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.71 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434813 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $167.80 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434815 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $132.99 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119434817 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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