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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.

SAMUEL E SMITH
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SAMUEL E SMITH

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
777 BANNOCK ST, DENVER, CO, 80204-4507
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SAMUEL SMITH,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

27

payments

$2,769

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
 6 $1,724
Food and Beverage
 21 $1,045

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†
MARINER

device

 $859
NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY

device

 $859
VU APOD-L

device

 $832
SYNFIX

device

 $552
SHORELINE

device

 $479
DIVERGENCE-L

device

 $447
TRITANIUM

device

 $269
PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $243
EXPEDIUM

device

 $169
XIA

device

 $163
BIO4

device

 $106
CD HORIZON

device

 $98
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $50
X-CORE

device

 $44
SYNAPSE

device

 $40
VIPER

device

 $40
OSTEOSTRAND

device

 $34
OSTEOSURGE 300

device

 $34
CLYDESDALE

device

 $30
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $12
† 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 9, 2018 $452 SHORELINE NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY VU APOD-L MARINER Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Nov 13, 2018 $447 DIVERGENCE-L Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $380 NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY MARINER VU APOD-L Travel and Lodging SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 17, 2018 $308 SYNFIX Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $144 XIA TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 13, 2018 $122 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $106 BIO4 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 29, 2018 $96 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $85 CD HORIZON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 18, 2018 $84 SYNFIX Travel and Lodging DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $64 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $57 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $53 SYNFIX Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $50 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Apr 16, 2018 $44 X-CORE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $40 SYNFIX SYNAPSE EXPEDIUM VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Aug 18, 2018 $35 SYNFIX Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $34 OSTEOSTRAND OSTEOSURGE 300 Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 8, 2018 $34 EXPEDIUM Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 4, 2018 $27 MARINER NANOMETALENE TECHNOLOGY SHORELINE Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Aug 18, 2018 $21 SYNFIX Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $19 TRITANIUM XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 27, 2018 $17 CLYDESDALE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $14 CLYDESDALE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $13 CD HORIZON Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 18, 2018 $13 SYNFIX Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $12 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, 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.