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MICHAEL J METRO
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MICHAEL J METRO

Listed Specialty: Urology
9880 BUSTLETON AVE, SUITE 311, PHILA, PA, 19115
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DR. MICHAEL METRO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

35

payments

$18,909

payment total

7

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 3 $8,350
Consulting
 3 $8,085
Food and Beverage
 23 $1,538
Travel and Lodging
 5 $855
Education
 1 $80

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†
XIAFLEX

drug

 $17,575
AQUABEAM ROBOTIC SYSTEM

device

 $669
GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

device

 $271
AMS

device

 $145
EVICEL

drug

 $118
STRATAFIX

device

 $118
SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS

device

 $118
SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

device

 $118
AVEED

drug

 $54
LYNX

device

 $33
FLOSEAL

drug

 $27
GENERAL BPH

device

 $21
ZYTIGA

drug

 $18
MYRBETRIQ

drug

 $17
TISSEEL

drug

 $14
† 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
Mar 14, 2018 $3,185 XIAFLEX Consulting ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $3,000 XIAFLEX Promotional Speaking/Other ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $3,000 XIAFLEX Promotional Speaking/Other ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $2,450 XIAFLEX Consulting ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 9, 2018 $2,450 XIAFLEX Consulting ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $2,350 XIAFLEX Promotional Speaking/Other ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $738 XIAFLEX Travel and Lodging ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 19, 2018 $145 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 18, 2018 $141 GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 30, 2018 $120 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $118 STRATAFIX SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS EVICEL SURGICEL FAMILY OF ABSORBABLE HEMOSTATS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
May 18, 2018 $93 GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 20, 2018 $84 AQUABEAM ROBOTIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage PROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORPORATION
May 20, 2018 $84 AQUABEAM ROBOTIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage PROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORPORATION
May 20, 2018 $84 AQUABEAM ROBOTIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage PROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORPORATION
May 20, 2018 $84 AQUABEAM ROBOTIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage PROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORPORATION
May 20, 2018 $84 AQUABEAM ROBOTIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage PROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORPORATION
May 20, 2018 $84 AQUABEAM ROBOTIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage PROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORPORATION
May 20, 2018 $84 AQUABEAM ROBOTIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage PROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORPORATION
May 20, 2018 $84 AQUABEAM ROBOTIC SYSTEM Food and Beverage PROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORPORATION
Nov 30, 2018 $80 XIAFLEX Education ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $54 AVEED XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $43 XIAFLEX Travel and Lodging ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $43 XIAFLEX Travel and Lodging ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 23, 2018 $37 GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 23, 2018 $33 LYNX Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 14, 2018 $27 FLOSEAL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Jun 18, 2018 $22 XIAFLEX Travel and Lodging ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $21 GENERAL BPH Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 10, 2018 $18 ZYTIGA Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $17 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $17 MYRBETRIQ Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
May 14, 2018 $14 TISSEEL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Oct 9, 2018 $14 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $10 XIAFLEX Travel and Lodging ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.