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THOMAS E SONNANSTINE
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THOMAS E SONNANSTINE

Listed Specialty: Surgery
3773 OLENTANGY RIVER RD., LOWER LEVEL, COLUMBUS, OH, 43214
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DR. THOMAS SONNANSTINE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

40

payments

$21,466

payment total

10

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
 5 $17,624
Travel and Lodging
 8 $2,314
Food and Beverage
 27 $1,528

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†
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $16,926
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $15,769
COOK MEDICAL STAPLE LINE

device

 $2,000
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $922
VOYANT

device

 $844
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $487
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $468
FIBROSCAN

device

 $359
LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

device

 $156
PERI-STRIPS DRY

drug

 $98
TISSEEL

drug

 $54
FLOSEAL

drug

 $40
EXPAREL

drug

 $20
INJECTAFER

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
Dec 6, 2018 $8,125 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $3,281 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $2,655 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $2,000 COOK MEDICAL STAPLE LINE Consulting COOK INCORPORATED
May 10, 2018 $1,563 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $676 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $647 VOYANT Travel and Lodging APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
Feb 28, 2018 $427 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jul 31, 2018 $359 FIBROSCAN Food and Beverage ECHOSENS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $246 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $180 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 8, 2018 $123 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $120 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 4, 2018 $120 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $104 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Sep 27, 2018 $98 PERI-STRIPS DRY Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Oct 4, 2018 $66 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $64 VOYANT Food and Beverage APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
Dec 20, 2018 $62 VOYANT Travel and Lodging APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
Dec 20, 2018 $59 VOYANT Food and Beverage APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
Jun 19, 2018 $54 TISSEEL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Oct 4, 2018 $44 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $41 No Listed Product Food and Beverage APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
Sep 19, 2018 $40 FLOSEAL Food and Beverage BAXTER HEALTHCARE
Oct 4, 2018 $37 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 28, 2018 $34 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 4, 2018 $31 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $28 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $25 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $20 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Mar 19, 2018 $17 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $17 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $16 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $15 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $14 INJECTAFER Food and Beverage DAIICHI SANKYO INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $14 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $11 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 15, 2018 $11 VOYANT Food and Beverage APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
May 22, 2018 $11 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Apr 26, 2018 $9 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Travel and Lodging 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.