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JOHN A ABIKHALED
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JOHN A ABIKHALED

Listed Specialty: Surgery
3901 MEDICAL PKWY, SUITE 200, AUSTIN, TX, 78756-4027
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JOHN ABIKHALED,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

17

payments

$8,827

payment total

6

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 $8,000
Food and Beverage
 15 $827

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

 $8,599
PHASIX

device

 $109
GATTEX

drug

 $75
DALVANCE

drug

 $18
COOK MEDICAL GENERAL SURGERY

device

 $15
PROGRIP

device

 $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
Oct 3, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 14, 2018 $139 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 24, 2018 $109 PHASIX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $81 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $33 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $32 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $22 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Dec 13, 2018 $20 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Aug 20, 2018 $18 DALVANCE Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $17 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Apr 5, 2018 $17 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Mar 30, 2018 $15 COOK MEDICAL GENERAL SURGERY Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Apr 10, 2018 $13 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $11 PROGRIP Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.