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JOHN E MCDONALD
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JOHN E MCDONALD

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
4700 SETON CENTER PKWY, SUITE 200, AUSTIN, TX, 78759-4107
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DR. JOHN MCDONALD,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

44

payments

$30,612

payment total

2

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 7 $18,010
Consulting
 9 $8,650
Travel and Lodging
 14 $3,170
Food and Beverage
 14 $782

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†
COBLATION WANDS

device

 $14,163
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $6,510
ACCUPASS DIRECT CRESCENT XL

device

 $3,460
BIORAPTOR KNOTLESS

device

 $3,460
CROSSTRAC

device

 $3,460
SUTUREFIX

device

 $3,460
HIP POSITIONING SYSTEM

device

 $2,300
ACUFEX

device

 $2,000
DYONICS PLATINUM

device

 $1,450
REGRANEX

drug

 $473
AMBIENT HIPVAC

device

 $200
ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS

device

 $200
HEALICOIL

device

 $39
SYNVISC-ONE

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
Sep 17, 2018 $3,850 COBLATION WANDS Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $3,700 COBLATION WANDS Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 21, 2018 $3,400 COBLATION WANDS Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $2,300 HIP POSITIONING SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $2,000 ACUFEX Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $1,800 ACCUPASS DIRECT CRESCENT XL BIORAPTOR KNOTLESS CROSSTRAC SUTUREFIX Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $1,660 ACCUPASS DIRECT CRESCENT XL BIORAPTOR KNOTLESS CROSSTRAC SUTUREFIX Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $1,300 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $1,200 No Listed Product Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $1,050 DYONICS PLATINUM Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $1,000 No Listed Product Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $1,000 No Listed Product Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $891 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $800 No Listed Product Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 16, 2018 $800 No Listed Product Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $473 REGRANEX Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $400 DYONICS PLATINUM Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $400 No Listed Product Consulting SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $383 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 17, 2018 $337 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $259 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $247 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $202 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $201 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $138 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 24, 2018 $138 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $131 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 11, 2018 $127 ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS AMBIENT HIPVAC Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $40 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jan 3, 2018 $39 HEALICOIL Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 11, 2018 $38 ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS AMBIENT HIPVAC Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 13, 2018 $36 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 12, 2018 $34 ELITE HIP INSTRUMENTS AMBIENT HIPVAC Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $32 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $32 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 17, 2018 $31 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $31 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 21, 2018 $30 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 21, 2018 $23 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $17 SYNVISC-ONE Food and Beverage SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
Nov 13, 2018 $16 COBLATION WANDS Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Apr 5, 2018 $14 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $3 COBLATION WANDS Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.