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RALPH B HESTER
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RALPH B HESTER

Listed Specialty: Ophthalmology
3500 NW 56TH ST, SUITE 101, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 73112-4517
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RALPH HESTER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

24

payments

$1,417

payment total

9

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
 24 $1,417

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†
ACRYSOF

device

 $391
CENTURION

device

 $293
IMPRIMIS

drug

 $222
SYMFONY IOL

device

 $222
HEALON OVD

device

 $222
ZEPTO HANDPIECE

device

 $222
PHACO TUBING AND ACCESSORIES

device

 $222
TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL

device

 $122
TECNIS TORIC 1-PIECE IOL

device

 $122
VICTUS

device

 $78
RHOPRESSA

drug

 $77
TRAVATAN Z

drug

 $54
XIIDRA

drug

 $47
CYPASS

device

 $45
BESIVANCE

drug

 $24
ISTALOL

drug

 $24
VYZULTA

drug

 $24
ZYLET

drug

 $24
ISTENT INJECT TRABECULAR MICRO-BYPASS STENT SYSTEM

device

 $22
LUMIGAN

drug

 $21
DUREZOL

drug

 $15
CONSTELLATION

device

 $5
† 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
Sep 5, 2018 $159 ACRYSOF Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
May 16, 2018 $150 CENTURION Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Apr 26, 2018 $143 CENTURION Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Jul 25, 2018 $136 ACRYSOF Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Apr 3, 2018 $122 TECNIS 1-PIECE IOL TECNIS TORIC 1-PIECE IOL Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $114 SYMFONY IOL HEALON OVD IMPRIMIS ZEPTO HANDPIECE PHACO TUBING AND ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage THE CAMERON-EHLEN GROUP, INC.
Jun 11, 2018 $109 SYMFONY IOL HEALON OVD IMPRIMIS ZEPTO HANDPIECE PHACO TUBING AND ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage THE CAMERON-EHLEN GROUP, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $95 ACRYSOF Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Apr 18, 2018 $78 VICTUS Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Apr 19, 2018 $45 CYPASS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Aug 13, 2018 $24 VYZULTA ISTALOL ZYLET BESIVANCE Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 13, 2018 $24 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Nov 1, 2018 $23 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Feb 15, 2018 $22 ISTENT INJECT TRABECULAR MICRO-BYPASS STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage GLAUKOS CORPORATION
Mar 29, 2018 $21 LUMIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $20 RHOPRESSA Food and Beverage AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Aug 30, 2018 $20 RHOPRESSA Food and Beverage AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $19 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Nov 8, 2018 $19 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Dec 12, 2018 $19 RHOPRESSA Food and Beverage AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Nov 15, 2018 $18 RHOPRESSA Food and Beverage AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $16 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 18, 2018 $15 DUREZOL Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Sep 4, 2018 $5 CONSTELLATION Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.