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NIKHIL KANSAL
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NIKHIL KANSAL

Listed Specialty: Vascular Surgery
200 W ARBOR DR, MC 8201, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92103-8201
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DR. NIKHIL KANSAL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

25

payments

$1,271

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
Food and Beverage
 25 $1,271

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†
C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM

device

 $250
EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $189
RELAY PLUS

device

 $132
COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX

device

 $130
GENERAL METALLIC STENTS

device

 $123
COOK MEDICAL AAA

device

 $117
COYOTE

device

 $101
VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $77
COOK MEDICAL FILTERS

device

 $48
OVATION

device

 $38
VALIANT CAPTIVIA

device

 $28
IN.PACT ADMIRAL

device

 $20
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $18
MEGA SOFT

device

 $18
AFX

device

 $17
† 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
Jun 22, 2018 $189 C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $132 RELAY PLUS Food and Beverage BOLTON MEDICAL INC
Sep 13, 2018 $103 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $99 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Aug 9, 2018 $94 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Jul 27, 2018 $77 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $71 COYOTE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 22, 2018 $61 C3 DELIVERY SYSTEM Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $48 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 31, 2018 $48 COOK MEDICAL FILTERS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Nov 16, 2018 $46 GENERAL METALLIC STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 11, 2018 $34 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $31 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Dec 12, 2018 $31 GENERAL METALLIC STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 23, 2018 $30 COYOTE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 10, 2018 $27 GENERAL METALLIC STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 19, 2018 $23 COOK MEDICAL AAA Food and Beverage COOK INCORPORATED
Jun 21, 2018 $21 OVATION Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $20 IN.PACT ADMIRAL Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $19 GENERAL METALLIC STENTS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 16, 2018 $18 MEGA SOFT ECHELON FLEX STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Feb 28, 2018 $17 AFX OVATION Food and Beverage ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $16 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $12 VALIANT CAPTIVIA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $3 EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.