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STEPHEN G LALKA
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STEPHEN G LALKA

Listed Specialty: Surgery
1000 BLYTHE BLVD, 4TH FLOOR, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28203-5812
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STEPHEN LALKA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$6,684

payment total

4

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor 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
Consulting
 4 $4,200
Travel and Lodging
 4 $1,262
Food and Beverage
 15 $1,222

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†
PRODUCT IN DEVELOPMENT

device

 $3,150
VALIANT CAPTIVIA

device

 $1,478
CAROTID STENT

device

 $1,050
COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX

device

 $427
ENDURANT

device

 $305
EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $116
AFX

device

 $64
OVATION

device

 $64
TIGRIS STENT

device

 $48
COOK MEDICAL STENTS

device

 $32
VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE

device

 $14
† 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
Feb 16, 2018 $1,400 PRODUCT IN DEVELOPMENT Consulting W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $1,050 PRODUCT IN DEVELOPMENT Consulting W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $1,050 CAROTID STENT Consulting W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $700 PRODUCT IN DEVELOPMENT Consulting W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
May 18, 2018 $590 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 19, 2018 $530 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $156 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 19, 2018 $148 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $133 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jun 6, 2018 $129 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Mar 20, 2018 $120 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Apr 26, 2018 $116 EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
May 19, 2018 $112 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 19, 2018 $70 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $64 OVATION AFX Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
May 19, 2018 $62 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 19, 2018 $60 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 19, 2018 $54 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $48 TIGRIS STENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $32 COOK MEDICAL STENTS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Mar 20, 2018 $30 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Travel and Lodging COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jan 20, 2018 $15 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Nov 6, 2018 $14 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.