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LUIS J CASTRO
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LUIS J CASTRO

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
2900 WHIPPLE AVE, SUITE 140, REDWOOD CITY, CA, 94062-2851
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DR. LUIS CASTRO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$7,403

payment total

3

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
 6 $5,032
Food and Beverage
 14 $1,316
Travel and Lodging
 3 $1,056

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†
AORTIC AND MITRAL MECHANICAL VALVES

device

 $5,032
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $1,278
TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $385
3F

device

 $216
TRIFECTA TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $190
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $157
HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV

device

 $145
† 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
Jan 25, 2018 $1,374 AORTIC AND MITRAL MECHANICAL VALVES Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 25, 2018 $1,162 AORTIC AND MITRAL MECHANICAL VALVES Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 25, 2018 $916 AORTIC AND MITRAL MECHANICAL VALVES Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 25, 2018 $664 AORTIC AND MITRAL MECHANICAL VALVES Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 25, 2018 $458 AORTIC AND MITRAL MECHANICAL VALVES Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 25, 2018 $458 AORTIC AND MITRAL MECHANICAL VALVES Consulting ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 8, 2018 $458 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $366 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 25, 2018 $232 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Travel and Lodging EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Nov 13, 2018 $200 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $185 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 7, 2018 $162 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 29, 2018 $154 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 3, 2018 $145 TRIFECTA TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 28, 2018 $145 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 20, 2018 $115 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 20, 2018 $45 TRIFECTA TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 20, 2018 $42 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Mar 16, 2018 $35 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 28, 2018 $33 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 26, 2018 $26 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Aug 22, 2018 $16 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $14 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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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.