Dollars for Docs
How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors
This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.
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WILLIAM R TAYLOR
Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
200 W ARBOR DR, MAIL CODE 8893, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92103-9001
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DR. WILLIAM TAYLOR,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:
2018 Payments At a Glance
62
payments
$580,550
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 |
|---|---|---|
Royalty or License |
11 | $535K |
Consulting |
9 | $32,534 |
Nonaccredited Training |
3 | $7,750 |
Travel and Lodging |
7 | $3,549 |
Food and Beverage |
32 | $1,566 |
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† |
|---|---|---|
MAXCESS |
device |
$391K |
COROENT |
device |
$386K |
SPHERX |
device |
$386K |
TRAVERSE |
device |
$319K |
ILLICO |
device |
$144K |
XLIF |
device |
$13,032 |
Payments with no listed product |
N/A |
$10,782 |
LLIF |
device |
$9,761 |
TLIF |
device |
$4,135 |
OTHER - MISCELLANEOUS |
device |
$3,000 |
EXPEDIUM |
device |
$2,620 |
POROUS TI |
device |
$1,553 |
OTHER - MIS |
device |
$204 |
VIPER |
device |
$179 |
PLIF |
device |
$83 |
CD HORIZON |
device |
$33 |
SPINAL PAK 2 |
device |
$22 |
TRITANIUM |
device |
$19 |
TLX |
device |
$14 |
BIOMET ORTHOPAK |
device |
$13 |
MULTIPLE PRODUCTS |
device |
$10 |
PULSE |
device |
$8 |
VIVIGEN |
device |
$8 |
OSTEOCEL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2018 | $91,062 | COROENT SPHERX MAXCESS TRAVERSE | Royalty or License | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Aug 13, 2018 | $78,932 | SPHERX COROENT MAXCESS TRAVERSE | Royalty or License | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| May 9, 2018 | $74,443 | TRAVERSE MAXCESS COROENT SPHERX | Royalty or License | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Sep 25, 2018 | $74,443 | COROENT MAXCESS SPHERX TRAVERSE | Royalty or License | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Nov 13, 2018 | $67,051 | COROENT SPHERX MAXCESS | Royalty or License | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 | $46,185 | ILLICO | Royalty or License | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Aug 27, 2018 | $33,223 | ILLICO | Royalty or License | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| May 30, 2018 | $32,808 | ILLICO | Royalty or License | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Nov 27, 2018 | $32,114 | ILLICO | Royalty or License | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Mar 22, 2018 | $9,500 | LLIF | Consulting | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Jan 11, 2018 | $8,333 | XLIF | Consulting | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Aug 30, 2018 | $3,500 | TLIF | Nonaccredited Training | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| May 17, 2018 | $3,000 | OTHER - MISCELLANEOUS | Consulting | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Aug 14, 2018 | $2,750 | XLIF | Nonaccredited Training | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Feb 13, 2018 | $2,736 | MAXCESS | Royalty or License | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Aug 6, 2018 | $2,500 | No Listed Product | Consulting | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jul 26, 2018 | $2,500 | No Listed Product | Consulting | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jul 27, 2018 | $2,500 | EXPEDIUM | Consulting | MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. | |
| May 9, 2018 | $2,156 | MAXCESS | Royalty or License | NUVASIVE, INC. | Regents of the Univ of California |
| Mar 21, 2018 | $2,100 | No Listed Product | Consulting | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Feb 13, 2018 | $1,500 | XLIF | Nonaccredited Training | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Aug 9, 2018 | $1,500 | POROUS TI | Consulting | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| May 24, 2018 | $875 | No Listed Product | Travel and Lodging | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jul 16, 2018 | $801 | No Listed Product | Travel and Lodging | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jul 24, 2018 | $753 | No Listed Product | Travel and Lodging | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Apr 18, 2018 | $600 | No Listed Product | Consulting | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jun 26, 2018 | $552 | TLIF | Travel and Lodging | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Jan 12, 2018 | $333 | No Listed Product | Travel and Lodging | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| May 18, 2018 | $253 | XLIF | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Feb 7, 2018 | $204 | OTHER - MIS | Food and Beverage | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Sep 6, 2018 | $178 | LLIF | Food and Beverage | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Jan 12, 2018 | $154 | No Listed Product | Travel and Lodging | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| May 4, 2018 | $131 | XLIF | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Jul 13, 2018 | $120 | EXPEDIUM | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jul 26, 2018 | $80 | No Listed Product | Travel and Lodging | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jul 14, 2018 | $70 | VIPER | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Aug 6, 2018 | $54 | No Listed Product | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Feb 12, 2018 | $53 | POROUS TI | Food and Beverage | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Oct 5, 2018 | $52 | XLIF | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Aug 6, 2018 | $42 | PLIF TLIF | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 | $42 | PLIF TLIF | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Mar 5, 2018 | $35 | LLIF | Food and Beverage | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Jul 19, 2018 | $34 | VIPER | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Sep 28, 2018 | $33 | CD HORIZON | Food and Beverage | MEDTRONIC USA, INC. | |
| Feb 12, 2018 | $32 | LLIF | Food and Beverage | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Jul 19, 2018 | $31 | VIPER | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jan 25, 2018 | $22 | SPINAL PAK 2 | Food and Beverage | ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| Sep 7, 2018 | $21 | No Listed Product | Food and Beverage | SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION | |
| May 24, 2018 | $19 | TRITANIUM | Food and Beverage | STRYKER CORPORATION | |
| Sep 18, 2018 | $16 | LLIF | Food and Beverage | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Sep 24, 2018 | $14 | TLX | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Jul 16, 2018 | $14 | VIPER | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jul 16, 2018 | $13 | VIPER | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| May 31, 2018 | $13 | BIOMET ORTHOPAK | Food and Beverage | ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| Jun 15, 2018 | $12 | XLIF | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Dec 14, 2018 | $11 | No Listed Product | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Jul 16, 2018 | $11 | VIPER | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jun 4, 2018 | $10 | MULTIPLE PRODUCTS | Food and Beverage | ALPHATEC SPINE, INC | |
| Sep 27, 2018 | $8 | PULSE | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. | |
| Dec 10, 2018 | $8 | VIVIGEN | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC. | |
| Jul 19, 2018 | $7 | VIPER | Food and Beverage | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS LLC | |
| Jun 7, 2018 | $5 | OSTEOCEL | Food and Beverage | NUVASIVE, INC. |
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].
This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.