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PAUL CESANEK
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PAUL CESANEK

Listed Specialty: Surgery
1240 S CEDAR CREST BLVD, SUITE 208, ALLENTOWN, PA, 18103-6369
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DR. PAUL CESANEK,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$2,871

payment total

6

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 $1,650
Food and Beverage
 17 $1,221

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

 $1,953
LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

device

 $443
PHASIX

device

 $341
3DMAX

device

 $147
ONFLEX

device

 $147
VENTRALEX

device

 $147
PROCEED PRODUCTS

device

 $74
PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE SUTURE

device

 $74
PROGRIP

device

 $32
VENTRALIGHT

device

 $18
PROLENE PRODUCTS

device

 $10
SECURESTRAP

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 4, 2018 $529 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $516 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 29, 2018 $413 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 6, 2018 $328 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $282 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $160 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ETHICON INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $147 ONFLEX 3DMAX VENTRALEX PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $125 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $101 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $74 PROCEED PRODUCTS PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE SUTURE Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $62 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jul 27, 2018 $32 PROGRIP Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Apr 13, 2018 $31 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $18 VENTRALIGHT Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $12 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $10 SECURESTRAP PROLENE PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
May 29, 2018 $8 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 29, 2018 $8 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $8 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
May 29, 2018 $2 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $2 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 29, 2018 $1 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.