Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

S4 Element Spinal System

Device Spine Surgery

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General payments

$58,149

19 payments

Research payments

$0

0 payments

Through program year 2020, $58,149 in general payments and $0 in research payments were reported against S4 Element Spinal System (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 $58,067 15
2019 General $82 4

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC $58,149 19 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Ronald Apfelbaum Neurological Surgery · Salt Lake City, UT $24,530 42% · 3 payments
  2. Jeffrey Kozak Orthopaedic Surgery · Houston, TX $10,366 18% · 1 payment
  3. William Beutler Neurological Surgery · Harrisburg, PA $9,075 16% · 1 payment
  4. Walter Peppelman Orthopaedic Surgery · Harrisburg, PA $8,518 15% · 1 payment
  5. Steven Beer Neurological Surgery · Cheyenne, WY $1,744 3% · 2 payments

The top 5 of 9 recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Neurological Surgery $35,364 61% · 4 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery $19,215 33% · 3 practitioners
  3. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $3,488 6% · 2 practitioners

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. Utah $24,530 42% · 1 recipient
  2. Pennsylvania $17,593 30% · 2 recipients
  3. Texas $10,381 18% · 2 recipients
  4. California $1,744 3% · 1 recipient
  5. Colorado $1,744 3% · 1 recipient

The top 5 of 7 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

19 general

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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