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CHRISTOPHER A HECK
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CHRISTOPHER A HECK

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
454 TAYLOR RD, MONTGOMERY, AL, 36117-3563
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DR. CHRISTOPHER HECK,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

80

payments

$7,400

payment total

19

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
Food and Beverage
 67 $3,151
Travel and Lodging
 12 $2,249
Consulting
 1 $2,000

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†
HTX-011

drug

 $2,691
ALIF

device

 $1,700
XLIF

device

 $870
BIOMET SPINALPAK

device

 $279
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $258
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $218
BRIGADE

device

 $205
PROLIA

drug

 $200
FLOSEAL

drug

 $191
TYMLOS

drug

 $170
SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM

device

 $132
TFN ADVANCED

device

 $114
VIPER

device

 $98
BIO4

device

 $93
FORTEO

drug

 $81
LESSRAY

device

 $63
ZILRETTA

drug

 $61
RELINE

device

 $54
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

 $42
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $40
EXPEDIUM

device

 $40
VECTRA

device

 $40
IGA

device

 $36
IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS

device

 $34
ALGOVITA

device

 $32
CD HORIZON

device

 $25
BASE

device

 $24
VIVIGEN

device

 $20
SYNVISC-ONE

device

 $16
AQUAMANTYS

device

 $16
PHOTONBLADE

device

 $13
PHOTONSABER Y

device

 $13
EIKON LT ADAPT

device

 $13
PHOTONSABER F

device

 $13
EIKON LT

device

 $13
ADVANTAGE FIT

device

 $13
† 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
Jul 11, 2018 $2,000 HTX-011 Consulting HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $834 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $519 HTX-011 Travel and Lodging HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $449 ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $172 HTX-011 Food and Beverage HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
May 18, 2018 $136 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 22, 2018 $132 SENZA SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage NEVRO CORP.
Nov 15, 2018 $125 BIOMET SPINALPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $124 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $123 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $122 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $114 TFN ADVANCED Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 7, 2018 $111 FLOSEAL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Sep 6, 2018 $110 ALIF XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 18, 2018 $109 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $104 ALIF XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $95 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $95 BIOMET SPINALPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $93 BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jan 12, 2018 $91 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 17, 2018 $80 FLOSEAL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Feb 9, 2018 $75 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $75 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $70 BRIGADE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 19, 2018 $63 LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $59 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $58 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $55 XLIF ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $55 XLIF ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $54 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $49 BRIGADE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $48 ALIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 5, 2018 $45 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SPINEART USA INC
May 2, 2018 $42 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $40 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $40 BIOMET SPINALPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 9, 2018 $38 BRIGADE Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $36 IGA Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $35 ALIF XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $34 IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 5, 2018 $32 ALGOVITA Food and Beverage NUVECTRA CORPORATION
May 18, 2018 $32 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $27 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jun 25, 2018 $25 CD HORIZON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 18, 2018 $24 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $24 BASE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $22 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $21 VECTRA EXPEDIUM VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 8, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 4, 2018 $20 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
May 20, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 20, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $20 VECTRA EXPEDIUM VIVIGEN VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 15, 2018 $20 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $19 BRIGADE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $19 BIOMET SPINALPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $19 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $18 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $18 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $16 SYNVISC-ONE Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Nov 14, 2018 $16 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $16 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $15 BRIGADE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $15 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $15 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $15 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 31, 2018 $14 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 3, 2018 $14 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Sep 9, 2018 $13 BRIGADE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 22, 2018 $13 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Mar 19, 2018 $13 PHOTONBLADE PHOTONSABER Y PHOTONSABER F EIKON LT EIKON LT ADAPT Food and Beverage INVUITY, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $13 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $13 ADVANTAGE FIT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 9, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $12 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
May 1, 2018 $12 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Mar 28, 2018 $11 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 24, 2018 $11 FORTEO Food and Beverage LILLY USA, LLC
Sep 5, 2018 $10 XLIF ALIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $5 PROLIA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.