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STEVEN R GARFIN
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STEVEN R GARFIN

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
4150 REGENTS PARK ROW, SUITE 300, LA JOLLA, CA, 92037-9124
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DR. STEVEN GARFIN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

40

payments

$12,829

payment total

8

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
 10 $10,625
Food and Beverage
 26 $1,512
Travel and Lodging
 4 $692

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†
CABO

device

 $10,625
CAMBRIA

device

 $9,375
OSTEOSTRAND

device

 $5,000
CAMBRIA NANOMETALENE

device

 $3,895
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $1,077
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $544
OSTEOSTRAND PLUS

device

 $250
EXPEDIUM

device

 $211
VIVIGEN

device

 $211
MOUNTAINEER

device

 $133
SYNFLATE

device

 $109
NAVIGATION

device

 $102
SYNFIX

device

 $102
VIPER

device

 $102
COROENT

device

 $83
SERRATO

device

 $71
TRITANIUM

device

 $71
M6-C

drug

 $39
ARMADA

device

 $27
BIOMET SPINALPAK

device

 $24
IVS - BONE CEMENTS- VERTAPLEX, VERTAPLEX HV, SPINEPLEX

device

 $19
ACIS

device

 $19
SKYLINE

device

 $19
TACHOSIL

drug

 $18
FLOSEAL

drug

 $16
XLIF

device

 $12
† 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
Jun 25, 2018 $4,250 OSTEOSTRAND CABO CAMBRIA Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 29, 2018 $2,125 CAMBRIA NANOMETALENE CABO CAMBRIA Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
May 29, 2018 $1,000 CAMBRIA CABO Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 21, 2018 $750 CABO CAMBRIA NANOMETALENE Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 29, 2018 $750 CAMBRIA NANOMETALENE CABO CAMBRIA Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Jun 25, 2018 $500 CABO OSTEOSTRAND CAMBRIA Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Dec 18, 2018 $500 CABO Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 27, 2018 $441 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $250 CABO CAMBRIA CAMBRIA NANOMETALENE Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Nov 27, 2018 $250 CAMBRIA CABO OSTEOSTRAND PLUS Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Jun 25, 2018 $250 CAMBRIA CABO OSTEOSTRAND Consulting SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Apr 11, 2018 $174 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $134 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $131 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $130 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 4, 2018 $120 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $114 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $114 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 26, 2018 $111 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $109 SYNFLATE EXPEDIUM VIVIGEN MOUNTAINEER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $102 VIVIGEN EXPEDIUM SYNFIX VIPER NAVIGATION Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $83 COROENT Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $71 SERRATO TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 27, 2018 $45 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $39 M6-C Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $29 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Jun 12, 2018 $27 ARMADA Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 4, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Dec 18, 2018 $24 BIOMET SPINALPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $23 IFUSE IMPLANT Travel and Lodging SI-BONE, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $20 CAMBRIA NANOMETALENE Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Oct 16, 2018 $19 IVS - BONE CEMENTS- VERTAPLEX, VERTAPLEX HV, SPINEPLEX Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 22, 2018 $19 ACIS SKYLINE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $18 TACHOSIL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Oct 27, 2018 $17 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Mar 31, 2018 $16 FLOSEAL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
May 4, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Apr 26, 2018 $14 MOUNTAINEER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $12 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $10 MOUNTAINEER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.