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KARL K LIMMER
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KARL K LIMMER

Listed Specialty: Surgery
8010 FROST ST STE 408, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92123-4222
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KARL LIMMER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

29

payments

$9,752

payment total

7

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
Education
 2 $7,500
Food and Beverage
 23 $1,190
Travel and Lodging
 4 $1,062

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†
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $9,101
HEARTMATE

device

 $204
ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM

device

 $134
ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM

device

 $106
COBRA FUSION ABLATION SYSTEM

device

 $106
MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM

device

 $92
ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $59
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $48
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $45
IMPELLA

device

 $31
MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE

device

 $22
PRADAXA

drug

 $15
† 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 5, 2018 $4,500 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 9, 2018 $3,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 24, 2018 $771 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $250 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 18, 2018 $196 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $137 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $106 ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM COBRA FUSION ABLATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $92 MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM Food and Beverage QUEST MEDICAL INC.
May 21, 2018 $89 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 10, 2018 $72 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 9, 2018 $59 ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
May 21, 2018 $50 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 12, 2018 $47 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 10, 2018 $45 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jun 12, 2018 $41 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $36 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $31 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Jul 5, 2018 $28 ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $24 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 19, 2018 $24 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 18, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 19, 2018 $22 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 2, 2018 $21 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 17, 2018 $19 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 12, 2018 $17 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 23, 2018 $15 PRADAXA Food and Beverage BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 16, 2018 $13 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 8, 2018 $12 HEARTMATE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 13, 2018 $10 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.