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STEVEN L HIGGINS
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STEVEN L HIGGINS

Listed Specialty: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
9850 GENESEE AVE, #940, LA JOLLA, CA, 92037
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DR. STEVEN HIGGINS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

40

payments

$1,679

payment total

15

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
 40 $1,679

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $629
CARTO 3 SYSTEM

device

 $165
CARTO 3 SYSTEM RMT

device

 $135
WATCHMAN

device

 $111
XARELTO

drug

 $101
BIOMONITOR 2

device

 $99
ENTRESTO

drug

 $82
MICRA

device

 $43
LIFEVEST

device

 $38
ELIQUIS

drug

 $38
CORLANOR

drug

 $32
REPATHA

drug

 $32
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $31
DEFINITY

drug

 $29
CONFIRM RX

device

 $29
EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS

device

 $24
RESONATE

device

 $22
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $21
NORTHERA

drug

 $20
ZIO PATCH

device

 $19
CARTOSOUND

device

 $11
† 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 10, 2018 $140 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
May 9, 2018 $135 CARTO 3 SYSTEM RMT Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $121 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Dec 1, 2018 $111 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 10, 2018 $106 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $104 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
May 8, 2018 $99 BIOMONITOR 2 Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $95 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 10, 2018 $55 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $43 MICRA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Dec 15, 2018 $43 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $32 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $32 CORLANOR REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $31 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $31 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 10, 2018 $29 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $29 CONFIRM RX Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 10, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Aug 10, 2018 $25 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
May 3, 2018 $24 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $23 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Apr 11, 2018 $22 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 16, 2018 $22 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 22, 2018 $22 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 27, 2018 $21 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 12, 2018 $21 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 18, 2018 $20 NORTHERA Food and Beverage LUNDBECK LLC
Jul 19, 2018 $20 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Mar 16, 2018 $20 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jul 25, 2018 $20 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Apr 12, 2018 $19 ZIO PATCH Food and Beverage IRHYTHM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $19 ENTRESTO Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Dec 12, 2018 $18 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Aug 17, 2018 $18 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jun 13, 2018 $17 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Mar 28, 2018 $15 DEFINITY Food and Beverage LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $14 DEFINITY Food and Beverage LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
May 22, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 6, 2018 $11 CARTOSOUND Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Apr 23, 2018 $11 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.