Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Orbera

Device Implant Intragastric For Morbid Obesity

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General payments

$63,932

415 payments

Research payments

$241,347

45 payments

Through program year 2020, $63,932 in general payments and $241,347 in research payments were reported against Orbera (Implant Intragastric For Morbid Obesity).

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

3 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2020 General $19,997 36
2019 General $43,935 379
2019 Research $241,347 45

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Apollo Endosurgery US Inc $63,932 415 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Carl Pesta Surgery · Mount Clemens, MI $6,057 30% · 7 payments
  2. Christopher McGowan Gastroenterology · Cary, NC $3,935 20% · 3 payments
  3. Methodist Dallas Medical Center Teaching hospital · TX $3,000 15% · 1 payment
  4. Petros Benias Gastroenterology · New, NY $2,873 14% · 2 payments
  5. Shintaro Chiba Surgery · Loma Linda, CA $1,068 5% · 3 payments

The top 5 of 23 recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Gastroenterology Internal Medicine $9,469 56% · 16 practitioners
  2. Surgery $7,512 44% · 5 practitioners
  3. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Internal Medicine $16 <1% · 1 practitioner

Each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2020. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. Michigan $6,885 34% · 4 recipients
  2. North Carolina $3,935 20% · 1 recipient
  3. New York $3,580 18% · 2 recipients
  4. Texas $3,333 17% · 4 recipients
  5. California $1,068 5% · 1 recipient

The top 5 of 9 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

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415 general · 45 research

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Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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