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FRANK J COSTA
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FRANK J COSTA

Listed Specialty: Urology
4225 NORTHERN PIKE, MONROEVILLE, PA, 15146-2731
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DR. FRANK COSTA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

50

payments

$16,128

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
Consulting
 4 $6,875
Promotional Speaking/Other
 3 $6,000
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,998
Food and Beverage
 38 $1,255

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†
NATESTO

drug

 $8,385
ANDROGEL

drug

 $6,878
UROLIFT

device

 $580
NOCTIVA

drug

 $53
XIAFLEX

drug

 $40
NOCDURNA

drug

 $36
AVEED

drug

 $35
XIFAXAN

drug

 $25
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $25
ERLEADA

drug

 $21
SPEEDICATH

device

 $20
OTREXUP

drug

 $18
LUPRON

drug

 $17
FIRMAGON

drug

 $16
XTANDI

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
Apr 17, 2018 $4,000 NATESTO Consulting AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Mar 5, 2018 $2,800 ANDROGEL Promotional Speaking/Other ABBVIE, INC. Urology Institute of Pittsburgh
Oct 3, 2018 $2,500 NATESTO Consulting AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Apr 10, 2018 $2,000 ANDROGEL Promotional Speaking/Other ABBVIE, INC. Urology Institute of Pittsburgh
Apr 17, 2018 $1,359 NATESTO Travel and Lodging AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Jun 19, 2018 $1,200 ANDROGEL Promotional Speaking/Other ABBVIE, INC. Urology Institute of Pittsburgh
Feb 28, 2018 $545 ANDROGEL Travel and Lodging ABBVIE, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $188 UROLIFT Consulting NEOTRACT INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $188 UROLIFT Consulting NEOTRACT INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $172 NATESTO Food and Beverage AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Jun 13, 2018 $147 UROLIFT Food and Beverage NEOTRACT INC.
Oct 1, 2018 $125 NATESTO Food and Beverage AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Mar 27, 2018 $118 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $71 NATESTO Food and Beverage AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Apr 17, 2018 $54 NATESTO Travel and Lodging AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Feb 28, 2018 $48 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $33 NATESTO Food and Beverage AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Apr 11, 2018 $25 ANDROGEL Travel and Lodging ABBVIE, INC. Urology Institute of Pittsburgh
Jun 6, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 2, 2018 $25 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 30, 2018 $24 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $23 XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Dec 18, 2018 $22 UROLIFT Food and Beverage NEOTRACT INC.
May 8, 2018 $21 ERLEADA Food and Beverage JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $21 NATESTO Food and Beverage AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Jan 25, 2018 $20 SPEEDICATH Food and Beverage COLOPLAST CORP
Dec 20, 2018 $20 NOCDURNA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Feb 21, 2018 $20 UROLIFT Food and Beverage NEOTRACT INC.
Jan 31, 2018 $20 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Apr 3, 2018 $20 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $19 NOCTIVA Food and Beverage AVADEL SPECIALTY PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Dec 19, 2018 $18 OTREXUP Food and Beverage ANTARES PHARMA, INC.
May 15, 2018 $18 AVEED Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $18 NATESTO Food and Beverage AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Apr 19, 2018 $17 ANDROGEL LUPRON Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
May 1, 2018 $17 NOCTIVA Food and Beverage AVADEL SPECIALTY PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
May 1, 2018 $17 NOCTIVA Food and Beverage AVADEL SPECIALTY PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Jan 30, 2018 $17 AVEED XIAFLEX Food and Beverage ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
May 14, 2018 $17 UROLIFT Food and Beverage NEOTRACT INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $16 NATESTO Food and Beverage AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
Apr 4, 2018 $16 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $16 FIRMAGON Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Nov 20, 2018 $16 NOCDURNA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $15 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $14 NATESTO Travel and Lodging AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
May 1, 2018 $13 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 29, 2018 $12 XIFAXAN Food and Beverage SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Apr 18, 2018 $11 XTANDI Food and Beverage PFIZER INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $5 ANDROGEL Food and Beverage ABBVIE, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $3 NATESTO Food and Beverage AYTU BIOSCIENCE, INC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.