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PEDRO E VARGAS
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PEDRO E VARGAS

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT HOSPITAL, PUERTO RICO MEDICAL CENTER BO. MONACILLOS, SAN JUAN, PR, 00935-0001
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DR. PEDRO VARGAS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

30

payments

$1,322

payment total

11

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
 30 $1,322

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†
LIFEVEST

device

 $374
OPSUMIT

drug

 $141
VISIA AF

device

 $131
AMPLIA MRI

device

 $131
VELETRI EPOPROSTENOL

drug

 $125
VENTAVIS ILOPROST

drug

 $125
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $120
REPATHA

drug

 $100
PREVNAR 13

drug

 $100
XARELTO

drug

 $50
ELIQUIS

drug

 $39
BRILINTA

drug

 $39
HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV

device

 $35
AVANTI SHEATH INTRODUCER

device

 $25
INFINITI DIAGNOSTIC CATHETER

device

 $25
ACCOLADE

device

 $22
PREZISTA

drug

 $16
SIMPONI

drug

 $16
ZYTIGA

drug

 $16
† 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 13, 2018 $131 VISIA AF Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC, INC.
Nov 29, 2018 $131 AMPLIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC, INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $125 OPSUMIT VELETRI EPOPROSTENOL VENTAVIS ILOPROST Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $120 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $100 REPATHA Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $100 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Sep 13, 2018 $100 PREVNAR 13 Food and Beverage PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
Aug 14, 2018 $88 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Apr 17, 2018 $41 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Apr 3, 2018 $35 HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR DEV Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 1, 2018 $35 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 13, 2018 $29 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 19, 2018 $27 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 6, 2018 $25 AVANTI SHEATH INTRODUCER INFINITI DIAGNOSTIC CATHETER Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH P.R. 120, INC.
Sep 1, 2018 $22 ACCOLADE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 10, 2018 $21 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 18, 2018 $20 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Nov 13, 2018 $20 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jan 29, 2018 $20 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Feb 8, 2018 $19 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Aug 20, 2018 $19 ELIQUIS Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Aug 28, 2018 $19 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Jul 19, 2018 $16 OPSUMIT Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $16 ZYTIGA SIMPONI PREZISTA Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Mar 6, 2018 $15 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Feb 23, 2018 $9 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jun 6, 2018 $7 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
May 28, 2018 $6 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Feb 2, 2018 $4 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jun 3, 2018 $2 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.