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JOHN A SPERTUS
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JOHN A SPERTUS

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
4320 WORNALL RD, SUITE 65, KANSAS CITY, MO, 64111-5941
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DR. JOHN SPERTUS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

42

payments

$55,696

payment total

8

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
 6 $42,375
Travel and Lodging
 12 $11,786
Food and Beverage
 24 $1,535

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†
PRALUENT

drug

 $21,194
INVOKANA

drug

 $16,230
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $7,319
BRILINTA

drug

 $5,370
XARELTO

drug

 $3,140
NON-COVERED

device

 $1,459
ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM

device

 $393
XIENCE CORNARY STENT SYSTEMS

device

 $130
REPATHA

drug

 $119
RESOLUTE

device

 $106
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $100
XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $75
EP-4 CARDIAC STIMULATOR

device

 $37
NO ASSOCIATED PRODUCT

device

 $24
† 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
Apr 27, 2018 $16,200 INVOKANA Consulting JANSSEN SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, LLC OUTCOMES INSTRUMENTS LLC
Aug 24, 2018 $9,190 PRALUENT Travel and Lodging REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $6,500 No Listed Product Consulting MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION OUTCOMES INSTRUMENTS LLC
Dec 18, 2018 $5,950 PRALUENT Consulting REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $5,370 BRILINTA Consulting ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 18, 2018 $5,355 PRALUENT Consulting REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $3,000 XARELTO Consulting JANSSEN SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, LLC
Jun 1, 2018 $1,111 NON-COVERED Travel and Lodging BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $416 PRALUENT Travel and Lodging REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $239 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Nov 6, 2018 $211 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jun 5, 2018 $205 NON-COVERED Travel and Lodging BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 22, 2018 $179 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 22, 2018 $175 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 5, 2018 $150 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION OUTCOMES INSTRUMENTS LLC
Jul 17, 2018 $130 XIENCE CORNARY STENT SYSTEMS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 9, 2018 $125 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, LLC
Apr 5, 2018 $119 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $106 RESOLUTE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $100 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 31, 2018 $75 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 5, 2018 $75 NON-COVERED Travel and Lodging BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Sep 11, 2018 $70 PRALUENT Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $70 PRALUENT Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $65 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Dec 18, 2018 $62 PRALUENT Travel and Lodging REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $60 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Nov 7, 2018 $55 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
Jun 5, 2018 $53 NON-COVERED Travel and Lodging BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $39 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
May 4, 2018 $37 EP-4 CARDIAC STIMULATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 24, 2018 $35 PRALUENT Travel and Lodging REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $31 PRALUENT Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 22, 2018 $24 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 25, 2018 $24 NO ASSOCIATED PRODUCT Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 5, 2018 $15 INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, LLC
Mar 15, 2018 $15 INVOKANA Food and Beverage JANSSEN SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, LLC
Nov 9, 2018 $15 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, LLC
Jun 6, 2018 $15 NON-COVERED Food and Beverage BAYER HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 22, 2018 $15 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 8, 2018 $8 PRALUENT Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 8, 2018 $7 PRALUENT Food and Beverage REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.