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VINCENT J OBIAS
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VINCENT J OBIAS

Listed Specialty: Colon & Rectal Surgery
11100 EUCLID AVE, CLEVELAND, OH, 44106-1716
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DR. VINCENT OBIAS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

54

payments

$8,662

payment total

11

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
 1 $5,000
Food and Beverage
 51 $3,000
Travel and Lodging
 2 $662

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

 $5,493
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $2,254
SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM

device

 $271
MEGA VAC

device

 $181
AIRSEAL

device

 $122
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $95
COOK MEDICAL GASTROSTOMY

device

 $49
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $43
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $35
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY CURVED INTRALUMINAL STAPLER

device

 $32
CLENPIQ

drug

 $31
BRIDION

drug

 $17
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $17
SUPREP

drug

 $12
4-K

device

 $11
EVIS EXERA

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
Nov 14, 2018 $5,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Consulting INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $366 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
Nov 29, 2018 $296 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
Mar 19, 2018 $216 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
May 30, 2018 $198 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $155 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $143 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $141 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $140 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
May 24, 2018 $127 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $116 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
May 18, 2018 $115 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $112 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $111 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $111 MEGA VAC Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jun 12, 2018 $104 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 21, 2018 $102 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 19, 2018 $99 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $88 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $68 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Nov 1, 2018 $64 AIRSEAL Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
Jan 11, 2018 $60 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 14, 2018 $52 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $49 COOK MEDICAL GASTROSTOMY Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Apr 3, 2018 $43 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Apr 27, 2018 $42 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $40 MEGA VAC Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 17, 2018 $35 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Mar 26, 2018 $32 AIRSEAL Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $32 ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY CURVED INTRALUMINAL STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Sep 5, 2018 $31 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $27 SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Mar 2, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
May 18, 2018 $26 AIRSEAL Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $21 MEGA VAC Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Mar 1, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $18 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $18 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $17 BRIDION Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jul 9, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $17 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Mar 24, 2018 $16 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Dec 11, 2018 $13 CLENPIQ Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $12 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $12 SUPREP Food and Beverage BRAINTREE LABORATORIES, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $11 4-K EVIS EXERA Food and Beverage OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $10 MEGA VAC Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Dec 17, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
May 3, 2018 $8 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 24, 2018 $7 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.