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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

BENJAMIN R PARKER
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BENJAMIN R PARKER

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
130 MASON FARM RD, DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS, BIOINFORMATICS BUILDING, CHAPEL HILL, NC, 27599-6134
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BENJAMIN PARKER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

34

payments

$4,399

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
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,811
Education
 1 $1,449
Food and Beverage
 28 $1,139

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

 $4,084
GMK SPHERE

device

 $69
ZILRETTA

drug

 $63
TYMLOS

drug

 $45
REVERSE SHOULDER

device

 $33
XIAFLEX

drug

 $30
BIOMET SPINALPAK

device

 $20
OFIRMEV

drug

 $16
SPECTRA WAVEWRITER

device

 $14
GRAFIX & STRAVIX

drug

 $14
SPINAL STIM

drug

 $11
† 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
Aug 25, 2018 $1,449 No Listed Product Education PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Jun 10, 2018 $956 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $597 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $215 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $139 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Jun 10, 2018 $131 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $128 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $114 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Apr 23, 2018 $69 GMK SPHERE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $52 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $51 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $47 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Aug 25, 2018 $34 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $33 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $33 REVERSE SHOULDER Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $33 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $32 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Food and Beverage PEERLESS SURGICAL INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $20 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $20 BIOMET SPINALPAK Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $18 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $17 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $16 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 15, 2018 $16 OFIRMEV Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Nov 26, 2018 $14 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $14 SPECTRA WAVEWRITER Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $14 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $14 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $13 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
May 7, 2018 $13 TYMLOS Food and Beverage RADIUS HEALTH, INC.
Oct 31, 2018 $12 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $11 SPINAL STIM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, 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.