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GREGORY M ALBERTON
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GREGORY M ALBERTON

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
2929 HEALTH CENTER DR, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92123-2762
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DR. GREGORY ALBERTON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

25

payments

$2,689

payment total

7

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
 24 $2,498
Travel and Lodging
 1 $191

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†
AXOGUARD NERVE CONNECTOR

device

 $1,430
AXOGUARD NERVE PROTECTOR

device

 $1,430
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $580
APTUS

device

 $206
REGENETEN

device

 $147
XIAFLEX

drug

 $135
BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM

device

 $81
ACCUFILL

device

 $72
LATITUDE AND LATITUDE EV

device

 $36
† 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
Nov 3, 2018 $1,240 AXOGUARD NERVE PROTECTOR AXOGUARD NERVE CONNECTOR Food and Beverage AXOGEN
May 12, 2018 $580 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $191 AXOGUARD NERVE PROTECTOR AXOGUARD NERVE CONNECTOR Travel and Lodging AXOGEN
Oct 17, 2018 $147 REGENETEN Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $115 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $93 APTUS Food and Beverage MEDARTIS INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $72 ACCUFILL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 16, 2018 $54 APTUS Food and Beverage MEDARTIS INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $33 APTUS Food and Beverage MEDARTIS INC.
Jul 30, 2018 $20 LATITUDE AND LATITUDE EV Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
May 1, 2018 $19 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $16 LATITUDE AND LATITUDE EV Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $15 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
May 30, 2018 $14 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $14 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $12 APTUS Food and Beverage MEDARTIS INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $11 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $7 APTUS Food and Beverage MEDARTIS INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $7 APTUS Food and Beverage MEDARTIS INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $6 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $5 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $5 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $5 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $5 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 9, 2018 $3 BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM Food and Beverage WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.