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ADAM S KANTER
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ADAM S KANTER

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
200 LOTHROP ST, PUH, B-400, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15213-2536
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ADAM KANTER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

40

payments

$324,484

payment total

5

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
Royalty or License
 4 $285K
Consulting
 6 $33,875
Travel and Lodging
 5 $2,258
Food and Beverage
 24 $2,158
Nonaccredited Training
 1 $1,488

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†
TIMBERLINE

device

 $285K
MODULUS

device

 $22,501
XLIF

device

 $7,944
TLIF

device

 $7,597
NEXGEN

device

 $1,125
COALESCE

device

 $501
ALIF

device

 $173
COHERE

device

 $173
RELINE

device

 $149
BACS

device

 $139
ROSA

device

 $124
LESSRAY

device

 $102
NUVALINE/NUVAMAP O.R.

device

 $97
ROSA BRAIN

device

 $84
PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $67
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $49
MULTIPLE PRODUCTS

device

 $32
GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION

device

 $29
PULSE

device

 $9
† 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
May 14, 2018 $80,010 TIMBERLINE Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Nov 14, 2018 $70,797 TIMBERLINE Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Feb 14, 2018 $70,210 TIMBERLINE Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Aug 14, 2018 $63,689 TIMBERLINE Royalty or License ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Sep 13, 2018 $15,350 MODULUS Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $7,500 TLIF Consulting NUVASIVE, INC. Steel Spine Solutions, Inc
Oct 4, 2018 $6,650 MODULUS Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $3,250 XLIF Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $1,488 XLIF Nonaccredited Training NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $1,364 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $625 NEXGEN Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Jan 26, 2018 $575 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
May 10, 2018 $500 NEXGEN Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Jul 23, 2018 $329 COALESCE MODULUS Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $173 COALESCE ALIF XLIF MODULUS COHERE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $156 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $152 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 23, 2018 $149 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 6, 2018 $139 BACS Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Apr 29, 2018 $124 ROSA Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 23, 2018 $117 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $111 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $110 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $104 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 28, 2018 $104 XLIF Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $102 LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $97 TLIF NUVALINE/NUVAMAP O.R. Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 1, 2018 $84 ROSA BRAIN Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $75 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 15, 2018 $67 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $57 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $57 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $50 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 6, 2018 $32 MULTIPLE PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ALPHATEC SPINE, INC
May 1, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 1, 2018 $21 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $9 PULSE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $8 GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.