Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

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.

PONNANDAI S SOMASUNDAR
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PONNANDAI S SOMASUNDAR

Listed Specialty: Surgery
50 MAUDE ST, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02908-4325
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PONNANDAI SOMASUNDAR,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

7

payments

$680

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
Food and Beverage
6 $539
Entertainment
1 $141

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
SUREFIRE INFUSION SYSTEMS

device

$235
Payments with no listed product

N/A

$141
SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES

device

$125
AVASTIN

drug

$122
PRECISION INFUSION SYSTEM

device

$43
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

$15
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

$15
† 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
Apr 2, 2018 $235 SUREFIRE INFUSION SYSTEMS Food and Beverage SUREFIRE MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $141 No Listed Product Entertainment HITACHI HEALTHCARE AMERICAS CORP. Lure Fishbar
Mar 27, 2018 $122 AVASTIN Food and Beverage GENENTECH USA, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $66 SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES Food and Beverage SIRTEX MEDICAL INC
Mar 8, 2018 $59 SIR-SPHERES MICROSPHERES Food and Beverage SIRTEX MEDICAL INC
Nov 7, 2018 $43 PRECISION INFUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage SUREFIRE MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 21, 2018 $15 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
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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.