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BYRON C BRANCH
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BYRON C BRANCH

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
4502 MEDICAL DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX, 78229-4402
* Note: This physician had a North Carolina practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. BYRON BRANCH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

29

payments

$4,531

payment total

8

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
 8 $3,247
Food and Beverage
 20 $899
Consulting
 1 $385

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†
VIPER

device

 $2,097
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $1,687
BRAINLAB

device

 $1,006
MOUNTAINEER

device

 $501
SYNAPSE

device

 $385
THINFLAP

device

 $123
NAVIGATION

device

 $116
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $37
VIVIGEN

device

 $24
GELSYN 3

device

 $23
DIVERGENCE-L

device

 $16
COFLEX

device

 $12
CONFIDENCE

device

 $10
† 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 7, 2018 $1,390 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $571 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $385 MOUNTAINEER SYNAPSE Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 18, 2018 $381 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 18, 2018 $271 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 18, 2018 $249 VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $236 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 6, 2018 $124 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $123 THINFLAP Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 3, 2018 $120 EXCELSIUS - GPS Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
May 17, 2018 $116 MOUNTAINEER NAVIGATION Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $96 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $65 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 26, 2018 $58 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 7, 2018 $54 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $40 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $37 No Listed Product Food and Beverage 7D SURGICAL INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $31 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $29 VIPER BRAINLAB Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $25 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
May 17, 2018 $24 VIVIGEN Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $23 GELSYN 3 Food and Beverage BIOVENTUS LLC
May 18, 2018 $21 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $16 DIVERGENCE-L Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $12 COFLEX Food and Beverage PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Mar 15, 2018 $10 CONFIDENCE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $9 VIPER BRAINLAB Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $8 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
May 18, 2018 $7 VIPER 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.