Physician profile

Riquel Gonzalez

Foot & Ankle Surgery · Hialeah, FL

NPI 1457693566

$52,457.01

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

39 companies · $1,733 in 2025

The $1,733 reported for 2025 was more than what 81% of Foot & Ankle Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $424).

See the full distribution for Foot & Ankle Surgery

Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

View as a table
Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Consulting Fee$19,428.75
Travel and Lodging$11,177.33
Food and Beverage$2,760.58

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Vilex LLC $40,031.88 2022-2024
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation INC. $3,192.10 2019-2022
Arthrex, INC. $1,567.68 2022
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $1,137.49 2025
Hnm Total Recon $1,077.82 2021
Hnm Stainless, LLC $839.07 2022-2025
Stryker Corporation $806.08 2019-2025 Salvation, Augment Injectable, Valor
Southern Edge Orthopaedics, INC. $637.00 2019
Organogenesis INC. $617.84 2020-2024 Puraply, Puraply Antimicrobial
Smith+Nephew, INC. $432.07 2019-2025 Grafix Pl, Stravix, Oasis
Paragon 28, INC. $330.81 2021-2025 Trauma
Wright Medical Technology, INC. $261.93 2019
Treace Medical Concepts, INC. $190.23 2024
Kerecis Limited $158.04 2019-2021
Royal Biologics, INC. $130.18 2020
Show all 37 companies
CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Triad Life Sciences INC. $118.81 2022
In2bones USA, LLC $118.46 2019
Biotissue Holdings INC. $107.86 2022-2025
Bioventus LLC $106.04 2019-2022
Medela LLC $91.03 2019
Integra Lifesciences Corporation $87.50 2020
Melinta Therapeutics, LLC $50.24 2019
Horizon Therapeutics Plc $40.41 2021
Embody, INC. $39.33 2021
Biocomposites INC $37.59 2019
Heron Therapeutics, INC. $37.00 2021-2022
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. $29.85 2019
Amniox Medical, INC. $22.90 2019
Abbott Laboratories $20.88 2023 Eterna
Amgen INC. $20.72 2025 Krystexxa
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, INC. $19.23 2023 Nuzyra
Misonix INC $19.19 2019
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, INC. $18.41 2022
Kci USA, INC. $17.14 2023 V.A.C. Dermatac, Activ.A.C., Promogran Prisma
Acell, INC. $17.01 2019
Stimwave Technologies Incorporated $16.25 2020
Pfizer INC. $10.94 2019

2 companies reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

If you want to bring it up

Most clinicians are glad to talk about this. A respectful way in:

These are normal questions. A good clinician will welcome them.

Share this page

Payment summary

Riquel Gonzalez

$52,457.01

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Vilex LLC
Context
The $1,733 reported for 2025 was more than what 81% of Foot & Ankle Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $424).

https://glasscript.com/doctor/292810/riquel-gonzalez

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

Keep an eye on this page

Get an email when the next June refresh changes this page. No account needed.

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.