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Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

Pulse

Device Spine/Spine Surgery

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General payments

$1,505,958

2,925 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2020, $1,505,958 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against Pulse (Spine/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

2 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2020 General $576,668 675
2019 General $929,290 2,250

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. NuVasive, Inc. $1,505,958 2,925 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. William Taylor Neurological Surgery · San Diego, CA $200,000 35% · 1 payment
  2. Ronnie Mimran Neurological Surgery · Castro Valley, CA $61,063 11% · 63 payments
  3. Juan Uribe Neurological Surgery · Phoenix, AZ $35,185 6% · 28 payments
  4. Anand Veeravagu Neurological Surgery · Palo Alto, CA $31,562 5% · 27 payments
  5. Hamid Hassanzadeh Orthopaedic Surgery · Bethesda, MD $29,300 5% · 10 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

The top 25 recipients, free in the app

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Neurological Surgery $430,959 75% · 74 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $83,898 15% · 63 practitioners
  3. Orthopaedic Surgery $59,275 10% · 46 practitioners
  4. Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery $1,167 <1% · 4 practitioners
  5. Internal Medicine $482 <1% · 2 practitioners

The top 5 of 9 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.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. California $322,378 56% · 38 recipients
  2. Arizona $61,359 11% · 13 recipients
  3. Virginia $30,299 5% · 7 recipients
  4. North Carolina $23,880 4% · 8 recipients
  5. Utah $21,511 4% · 1 recipient

The top 5 of 35 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

Records

2,925 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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