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ANTHONY L ESTRERA
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ANTHONY L ESTRERA

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
6410 FANNIN ST, 450, HOUSTON, TX, 77030-3000
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ANTHONY ESTRERA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

31

payments

$4,375

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
Food and Beverage
 25 $1,782
Consulting
 1 $1,350
Travel and Lodging
 5 $1,243

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†
TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $1,765
PRODUCT IN DEVELOPMENT

device

 $1,380
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $338
EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $180
ENDURANT

device

 $116
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $110
EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM

device

 $108
PROGEL

device

 $106
COOK MEDICAL THORACIC

device

 $97
ARISTA AH

device

 $83
EPIC STENTED TISSUE VALVE

device

 $54
TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $44
PICO

device

 $17
GENERAL ATHERECTOMY

device

 $16
VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS

device

 $14
COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX

device

 $13
XARELTO

drug

 $13
VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE

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
Dec 7, 2018 $1,350 PRODUCT IN DEVELOPMENT Consulting W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $377 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jan 5, 2018 $328 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $291 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jan 24, 2018 $259 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $234 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $200 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Feb 1, 2018 $180 EXCLUDER ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 14, 2018 $116 ENDURANT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 8, 2018 $111 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 28, 2018 $110 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $108 EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE SYSTEM Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 20, 2018 $103 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 26, 2018 $97 COOK MEDICAL THORACIC Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Dec 22, 2018 $83 PROGEL ARISTA AH Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $82 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 9, 2018 $54 EPIC STENTED TISSUE VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 9, 2018 $44 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 20, 2018 $44 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 8, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC
Jan 23, 2018 $26 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $23 PROGEL Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $20 PRODUCT IN DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $20 TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Apr 6, 2018 $17 PICO Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $16 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 12, 2018 $14 VIABAHN VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $13 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Aug 21, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jan 19, 2018 $10 PRODUCT IN DEVELOPMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $5 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.