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ROBIN P BLACKSTONE
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ROBIN P BLACKSTONE

Listed Specialty: Surgery
10200 N 92ND ST, STE 225, SCOTTSDALE, AZ, 85258-4534
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DR. ROBIN BLACKSTONE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

47

payments

$43,157

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
Consulting
 4 $33,731
Travel and Lodging
 15 $4,803
Education
 1 $3,000
Food and Beverage
 27 $1,622

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 ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $24,137
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $14,303
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $4,201
CONTOUR

device

 $1,434
STRATAFIX

device

 $1,434
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,167
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $704
IDRIVE ULTRA

device

 $166
† 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
Oct 8, 2018 $12,604 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Consulting JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Oct 8, 2018 $10,800 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $8,775 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 2, 2018 $3,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $1,553 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Consulting MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $1,087 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $730 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER CONTOUR HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY STRATAFIX Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $474 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 8, 2018 $432 CONTOUR STRATAFIX HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $416 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $383 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $351 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $279 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $271 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER CONTOUR STRATAFIX HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $255 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 27, 2018 $202 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 8, 2018 $178 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 29, 2018 $166 IDRIVE ULTRA Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jan 9, 2018 $131 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $126 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $102 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Jul 12, 2018 $93 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $91 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $77 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Travel and Lodging JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Oct 11, 2018 $77 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Sep 12, 2018 $73 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $61 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Apr 18, 2018 $43 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $41 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $31 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $30 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $30 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $29 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Aug 25, 2018 $22 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Apr 12, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Aug 24, 2018 $21 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Jul 25, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $13 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Apr 24, 2018 $13 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $12 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Aug 25, 2018 $12 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Oct 12, 2018 $10 HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $10 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $9 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS GROUP - LATIN AMERICA, L.L.C.
Oct 12, 2018 $6 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $3 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $1 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.