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WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL

4800 Friendship Ave, 4800 Friendship Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

43

payments

$94,629

payment total

15

companies paid hospital

Payment Calendar in 2018

This teaching hospital received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Grant
 8 $43,000
Education
 5 $30,257
Promotional Speaking/Other
 23 $11,365
Space rental or facility fees(teaching hospital only)
 5 $5,750
Gift
 2 $4,257

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
FLOSEAL

drug

 $25,000
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $17,945
GENERAL GI DILATATION

device

 $12,500
SPINE

device

 $10,000
LIQUICHEK

device

 $8,645
GENERAL TACHY

device

 $5,000
SURG - REMB

device

 $3,941
EV1000 CLINICAL PLATFORM

device

 $2,257
LUTONIX

device

 $2,000
GENERAL HEMOSTASIS

device

 $2,000
LYPHOCHEK

device

 $1,775
POWERPICC

device

 $1,250
CRESEMBA

drug

 $1,000
GENERAL GLOBAL ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION

device

 $1,000
ALTRIX

device

 $316
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Apr 17, 2018 $25,000 FLOSEAL Education BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Nov 28, 2018 $10,000 GENERAL GI DILATATION Grant BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 2, 2018 $10,000 No Listed Product Grant AESCULAP, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $10,000 SPINE Grant GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $5,000 GENERAL TACHY Grant BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 31, 2018 $3,941 SURG - REMB Gift STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 27, 2018 $2,500 No Listed Product Grant ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $2,500 GENERAL GI DILATATION Grant BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 8, 2018 $2,000 No Listed Product Space rental or facility fees(teaching hospital only) BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $2,000 GENERAL HEMOSTASIS Grant BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 11, 2018 $2,000 LUTONIX Education BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $1,525 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $1,500 No Listed Product Space rental or facility fees(teaching hospital only) JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $1,230 EV1000 CLINICAL PLATFORM Education EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 21, 2018 $1,050 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $1,028 EV1000 CLINICAL PLATFORM Education EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Sep 21, 2018 $1,000 No Listed Product Education ALLERGAN INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $1,000 GENERAL GLOBAL ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION Grant BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 13, 2018 $1,000 CRESEMBA Space rental or facility fees(teaching hospital only) ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
Oct 11, 2018 $800 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $750 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $750 LYPHOCHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $750 POWERPICC Space rental or facility fees(teaching hospital only) BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $750 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $675 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $675 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $675 LYPHOCHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $500 POWERPICC Space rental or facility fees(teaching hospital only) BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $495 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
May 17, 2018 $450 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $450 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $400 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $350 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $316 ALTRIX Gift STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 27, 2018 $300 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $300 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ITXM CLINICAL SERVICES
Oct 25, 2018 $250 LYPHOCHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $150 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ITXM CLINICAL SERVICES
Jun 27, 2018 $150 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $120 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $100 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $100 LYPHOCHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $100 LIQUICHEK Promotional Speaking/Other BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.