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STEVEN W HWANG
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STEVEN W HWANG

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
3551 N BROAD ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19140-4131
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DR. STEVEN HWANG,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

22

payments

$22,366

payment total

4

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
Consulting
 4 $11,500
Nonaccredited Training
 1 $10,000
Food and Beverage
 17 $866

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†
MAGEC

device

 $10,291
VITALITY

device

 $9,240
POLARIS DEFORMITY SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $9,000
VIRAGE

device

 $9,000
VITALITY POWER

device

 $9,000
VITALITY PSO

device

 $9,000
RELINE

device

 $2,709
LESSRAY

device

 $118
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

device

 $103
BENDINI

device

 $55
TIMBERLINE

device

 $42
XIA

device

 $27
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $17
VITOSS

device

 $13
† 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 4, 2018 $10,000 MAGEC Nonaccredited Training NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $4,800 POLARIS DEFORMITY SPINAL SYSTEM VIRAGE VITALITY VITALITY POWER VITALITY PSO Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $2,500 RELINE Consulting NUVASIVE, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $2,400 VIRAGE VITALITY PSO POLARIS DEFORMITY SPINAL SYSTEM VITALITY POWER VITALITY Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $1,800 POLARIS DEFORMITY SPINAL SYSTEM VIRAGE VITALITY POWER VITALITY VITALITY PSO Consulting ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $159 MAGEC Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $133 VITALITY Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $72 VITALITY Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Aug 13, 2018 $63 LESSRAY MAGEC RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 3, 2018 $56 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $55 BENDINI RELINE LESSRAY Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $53 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $48 MAGEC Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $42 TIMBERLINE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
May 4, 2018 $35 RELINE Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $35 VITALITY Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $27 XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 3, 2018 $26 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 3, 2018 $21 MAGEC Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Food and Beverage KLS-MARTIN L.P.
Jun 1, 2018 $13 VITOSS NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 1, 2018 $11 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.