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OKEZIE K AGUWA
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OKEZIE K AGUWA

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
535 E 70TH ST, NEW YORK, NY, 10021-4823
* Note: This physician had a Colorado practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. OKEZIE AGUWA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

51

payments

$4,887

payment total

10

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
Travel and Lodging
 19 $3,164
Food and Beverage
 31 $1,523
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $200

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,501
VIPER

device

 $1,226
EXPEDIUM

device

 $1,121
TLX

device

 $449
TRITANIUM

device

 $404
TLIF

device

 $271
STEALTHSTATION

device

 $261
XIA

device

 $242
COFLEX

device

 $200
TIMBERLINE

device

 $170
BIO4

device

 $132
OASYS

device

 $129
ALLOGRAFT

device

 $101
O-ARM-SPINE

device

 $68
CONCORDE

device

 $62
SERRATO

device

 $62
CASCADIA

device

 $59
PRIMAGEN

device

 $48
GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

device

 $22
EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $17
† 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 9, 2018 $592 EXPEDIUM VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $420 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $306 EXPEDIUM VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $292 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $249 TLX Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $247 STEALTHSTATION Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $223 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $200 COFLEX Promotional Speaking/Other PARADIGM SPINE, LLC
Apr 9, 2018 $196 EXPEDIUM VIPER Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $140 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $132 BIO4 XIA TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 6, 2018 $129 TIMBERLINE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $129 OASYS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 9, 2018 $105 VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 23, 2018 $101 ALLOGRAFT TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $100 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $96 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
May 1, 2018 $88 XIA TRITANIUM Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 10, 2018 $86 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $75 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $68 O-ARM-SPINE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $68 TLX Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 7, 2018 $62 TRITANIUM SERRATO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $55 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $52 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $50 CONCORDE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 20, 2018 $48 PRIMAGEN Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $46 TLX Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $43 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 10, 2018 $43 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $41 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $32 TLX Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $32 CASCADIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Feb 8, 2018 $29 TLX Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $28 CASCADIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 17, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STABILITY BIOLOGICS, LLC
Feb 20, 2018 $25 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $22 GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 1, 2018 $21 TRITANIUM XIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 14, 2018 $21 TIMBERLINE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Sep 14, 2018 $20 TIMBERLINE Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $18 EXPEDIUM VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $17 EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Apr 27, 2018 $14 STEALTHSTATION Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $14 TLX Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $12 CONCORDE Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 9, 2018 $12 TLX Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging NUVASIVE, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $9 EXPEDIUM VIPER Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 8, 2018 $9 TLIF Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.