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CHENG W TAO
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CHENG W TAO

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
201 GOVERNORS DRIVE, 1ST FLOOR, HUNTSVILLE, AL, 35801-4317
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DR. CHENG TAO,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

42

payments

$158,882

payment total

14

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
Ownership or Investment Interest
 2 $104K
Consulting
 4 $50,000
Travel and Lodging
 4 $3,707
Food and Beverage
 32 $1,631

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $157K
TRINITY

drug

 $628
ALL BIOLOGICS

drug

 $159
SICURE

device

 $140
CERVICAL STIM

drug

 $112
BIO4

device

 $71
XLIF

device

 $62
SERRATO

device

 $47
ACCULIF

device

 $40
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $40
TRITANIUM

device

 $36
CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE

device

 $33
DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $33
ALLY BONE SCREW

device

 $33
BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE

device

 $33
TRAVERSE

device

 $22
X-CORE

device

 $22
OASYS

device

 $18
VIPER

device

 $18
1.5MM NEURO

device

 $15
VARILIFT

device

 $12
TLIF

device

 $11
TEMPUS

device

 $9
† 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
Jan 31, 2018 $76,544 No Listed Product Ownership or Investment Interest NORTH ALABAMA SURGICAL SERVICES, LLC
Jul 11, 2018 $27,000 No Listed Product Ownership or Investment Interest KALITEC DIRECT LLC
Mar 31, 2018 $12,500 No Listed Product Consulting INNOVASIS INC
Dec 31, 2018 $12,500 No Listed Product Consulting INNOVASIS INC
Jun 30, 2018 $12,500 No Listed Product Consulting INNOVASIS INC
Sep 30, 2018 $12,500 No Listed Product Consulting INNOVASIS INC
Feb 25, 2018 $2,229 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging INNOVASIS INC
Jan 15, 2018 $892 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging INNOVASIS INC
Nov 27, 2018 $427 TRINITY Travel and Lodging ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $211 No Listed Product Food and Beverage INNOVASIS INC
Dec 13, 2018 $159 ALL BIOLOGICS Travel and Lodging ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $140 SICURE Food and Beverage ALEVIO, LLC
Dec 19, 2018 $130 No Listed Product Food and Beverage INNOVASIS INC
Aug 8, 2018 $123 No Listed Product Food and Beverage INNOVASIS INC
Apr 29, 2018 $112 CERVICAL STIM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $106 TRINITY Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 2, 2018 $96 TRINITY Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Feb 24, 2018 $86 No Listed Product Food and Beverage INNOVASIS INC
Apr 30, 2018 $62 XLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $61 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SPINEART USA INC
May 9, 2018 $46 BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 17, 2018 $45 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SPINEART USA INC
Jul 30, 2018 $40 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 5, 2018 $40 ACCULIF Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 27, 2018 $33 CAVUX CERVICAL CAGE DTRAX SPINAL SYSTEM ALLY BONE SCREW BIOLOGIX ALLOGRAFT BONE Food and Beverage PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $33 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SPINEART USA INC
Feb 12, 2018 $32 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CURITEVA, LLC
May 17, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SPINEART USA INC
Dec 20, 2018 $25 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Dec 10, 2018 $25 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 29, 2018 $22 TRAVERSE X-CORE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $18 OASYS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 10, 2018 $18 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $15 1.5MM NEURO Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 26, 2018 $14 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $14 BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $12 VARILIFT Food and Beverage WENZEL SPINE, INC.
May 1, 2018 $11 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $11 TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 4, 2018 $11 BIO4 Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 1, 2018 $9 TEMPUS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 17, 2018 $7 SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.