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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

LUIS FERNANDO ALBERTON
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LUIS FERNANDO ALBERTON

Listed Specialty: Surgery
1330 ROCKEFELLER AVE, STE 400, EVERETT, WA, 98201-1684
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LUIS FERNANDO ALBERTON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

15

payments

$2,159

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
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,520
Food and Beverage
 10 $639

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†
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $1,725
MATRIXRIB

device

 $138
XARELTO

drug

 $114
OZEMPIC

drug

 $114
SUPERDIMENSION

device

 $48
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $20
† 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
Oct 13, 2018 $646 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $504 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 15, 2018 $317 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $138 MATRIXRIB Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Dec 27, 2018 $118 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $114 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Nov 5, 2018 $114 OZEMPIC Food and Beverage NOVO NORDISK INC
Feb 21, 2018 $64 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 5, 2018 $34 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $23 SUPERDIMENSION Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Nov 13, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Sep 14, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $14 SUPERDIMENSION Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jun 1, 2018 $11 SUPERDIMENSION Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
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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.