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JOSEPH S GRUSS
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JOSEPH S GRUSS

Listed Specialty: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
4800 SAND POINT WAY NE, SEATTLE, WA, 98105-3901
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JOSEPH GRUSS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

81

payments

$107,957

payment total

1

company 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
 10 $88,200
Travel and Lodging
 41 $17,772
Food and Beverage
 30 $1,985

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†
NONE

device

 $77,479
HYBRID MMF

device

 $12,425
UNIVERSAL

device

 $12,208
MANDIBULAR RECON

device

 $11,085
UNIVERSAL MID-FACE

device

 $4,825
VSP RECONSTRUCTION

device

 $919
CUSTOM IMPLANTS

device

 $810
UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE

device

 $523
UNIVERSAL UPPER-FACE

device

 $482
ALLOGRAFT BIO-IMPLANTS

device

 $312
DIRECT INJECT

device

 $312
MINI PLATING SYSTEM MPS

device

 $312
ORBITAL

device

 $294
DELTA SYSTEM 1.72.2

device

 $186
TITANIUM INTRALINE

device

 $160
MF SETS

device

 $79
NEURO

device

 $79
COLORADO NEEDLE

device

 $57
† 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
May 24, 2018 $14,800 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 27, 2018 $14,400 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $11,200 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $10,800 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $10,800 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $8,400 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 15, 2018 $7,800 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 13, 2018 $7,600 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
May 1, 2018 $3,519 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $2,652 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 20, 2018 $1,631 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $1,600 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 16, 2018 $1,287 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 13, 2018 $919 VSP RECONSTRUCTION Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 30, 2018 $812 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 31, 2018 $810 CUSTOM IMPLANTS Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $800 NONE Consulting STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $697 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 7, 2018 $647 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
May 8, 2018 $554 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 3, 2018 $396 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 12, 2018 $366 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $288 NONE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 31, 2018 $171 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 8, 2018 $161 ALLOGRAFT BIO-IMPLANTS MINI PLATING SYSTEM MPS MANDIBULAR RECON DIRECT INJECT Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 18, 2018 $160 UNIVERSAL Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 20, 2018 $160 UNIVERSAL Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $160 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 18, 2018 $160 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $160 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $160 NONE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $160 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 3, 2018 $160 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE TITANIUM INTRALINE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 16, 2018 $159 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 29, 2018 $159 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE ORBITAL UNIVERSAL UPPER-FACE UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 29, 2018 $157 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 10, 2018 $151 ALLOGRAFT BIO-IMPLANTS MINI PLATING SYSTEM MPS MANDIBULAR RECON DIRECT INJECT Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $150 HYBRID MMF Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $147 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 20, 2018 $143 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 27, 2018 $136 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE ORBITAL UNIVERSAL UPPER-FACE UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 17, 2018 $135 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 11, 2018 $135 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 13, 2018 $134 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 3, 2018 $126 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 31, 2018 $121 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 27, 2018 $118 UNIVERSAL UPPER-FACE UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 15, 2018 $117 DELTA SYSTEM 1.72.2 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 20, 2018 $104 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $93 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 21, 2018 $89 MANDIBULAR RECON Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 18, 2018 $86 UNIVERSAL Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 20, 2018 $79 MF SETS NEURO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $72 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 29, 2018 $57 COLORADO NEEDLE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 23, 2018 $55 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 20, 2018 $50 UNIVERSAL Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 17, 2018 $48 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $48 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 18, 2018 $47 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 24, 2018 $47 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 18, 2018 $45 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 9, 2018 $44 DELTA SYSTEM 1.72.2 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL UPPER-FACE UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 16, 2018 $43 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 16, 2018 $40 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 18, 2018 $40 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 5, 2018 $38 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 17, 2018 $33 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 19, 2018 $32 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $31 NONE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 20, 2018 $29 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 21, 2018 $29 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 20, 2018 $29 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 21, 2018 $29 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 7, 2018 $29 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 9, 2018 $25 DELTA SYSTEM 1.72.2 HYBRID MMF UNIVERSAL UPPER-FACE UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $21 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 10, 2018 $18 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $15 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 20, 2018 $15 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 17, 2018 $15 UNIVERSAL MID-FACE Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
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