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INDERPAL S SARKARIA
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INDERPAL S SARKARIA

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
5200 CENTRE AVENUE, SUITE 715, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15232
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DR. INDERPAL SARKARIA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

35

payments

$15,431

payment total

8

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 $8,450
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $3,500
Travel and Lodging
 13 $2,228
Food and Beverage
 18 $1,252

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

 $14,753
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $171
GENERAL PULMONARY

device

 $134
SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM

device

 $101
PHOTOFRIN

drug

 $100
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $81
TELESCOPE HOPKINS DCI FOWARD

device

 $66
LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

device

 $14
WALLFLEX

device

 $12
† 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 $8,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $2,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $1,500 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $650 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $450 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $390 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $384 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 29, 2018 $186 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 28, 2018 $171 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $170 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $142 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $134 GENERAL PULMONARY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 12, 2018 $117 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $103 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 18, 2018 $101 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Apr 29, 2018 $100 PHOTOFRIN Food and Beverage PINNACLE BIOLOGICS, INC
Dec 17, 2018 $98 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $98 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $98 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $91 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $81 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDROBOTICS INC.
Apr 29, 2018 $66 TELESCOPE HOPKINS DCI FOWARD Food and Beverage KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA
Oct 9, 2018 $47 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 22, 2018 $47 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 10, 2018 $38 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $27 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $27 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 13, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $19 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 10, 2018 $16 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $14 LINX REFLUX MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Oct 30, 2018 $13 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 17, 2018 $12 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $12 WALLFLEX Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $12 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.