Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Activl Artificial Disc

Device Spine Surgery

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General payments

$1,204,913

978 payments

Research payments

$37,000

2 payments

Through program year 2020, $1,204,913 in general payments and $37,000 in research payments were reported against Activl Artificial Disc (Spine Surgery).

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

4 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2020 General $542,802 340
2020 Research $25,000 1
2019 General $662,111 638
2019 Research $12,000 1

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC $613,368 961 payments
  2. Aesculap AG $591,462 16 payments
  3. B. Braun Australia Pty. Ltd. $83 1 payment
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Rolando Garcia Orthopaedic Surgery · Miami, FL $179,848 33% · 7 payments
  2. James Yue Orthopaedic Surgery · Shelton, CT $157,493 29% · 6 payments
  3. Jack Zigler Orthopaedic Surgery · Plano, TX $35,423 7% · 25 payments
  4. Scott Blumenthal Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Plano, TX $34,128 6% · 32 payments
  5. Richard Guyer Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Plano, TX $32,666 6% · 26 payments

The top 5 of 68 recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Orthopaedic Surgery $399,194 74% · 15 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $72,186 13% · 19 practitioners
  3. Neurological Surgery $55,842 10% · 26 practitioners
  4. Surgery $7,890 1% · 3 practitioners
  5. Vascular Surgery Surgery $3,288 <1% · 2 practitioners

The top 5 of 6 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2020. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. Florida $181,851 34% · 5 recipients
  2. Connecticut $157,493 29% · 1 recipient
  3. Texas $124,615 23% · 8 recipients
  4. Colorado $18,598 3% · 6 recipients
  5. Kansas $18,492 3% · 3 recipients

The top 5 of 27 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

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978 general · 2 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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