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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.

NIRAJ P PATEL
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NIRAJ P PATEL

Listed Specialty: Ophthalmology
3602 S 19TH ST, TACOMA, WA, 98405-1919
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DR. NIRAJ PATEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

24

payments

$1,496

payment total

6

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
 24 $1,496

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†
XEN

device

 $501
CENTURION

device

 $249
ISTENT INJECT TRABECULAR MICRO-BYPASS STENT SYSTEM

device

 $222
TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS

device

 $174
WHITESTART PHACOEMULSFICIATION SYSTEM

device

 $174
CYPASS

device

 $172
RESTOR

device

 $100
CATALYS LASER SYSTEM

device

 $89
HEALON VISCOELASTICS

device

 $80
PHACOFRAGMENTATION ACCESSORIES

device

 $67
OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL ADJUNCTS

device

 $47
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $30
TRAVATAN Z

drug

 $23
LUMIGAN

drug

 $15
DUREZOL

drug

 $12
† 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 6, 2018 $141 XEN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $131 XEN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $129 CENTURION Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Mar 22, 2018 $120 CENTURION Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Oct 17, 2018 $116 XEN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Dec 20, 2018 $112 XEN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Nov 9, 2018 $110 ISTENT INJECT TRABECULAR MICRO-BYPASS STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage GLAUKOS CORPORATION
Mar 28, 2018 $100 RESTOR Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Dec 11, 2018 $68 ISTENT INJECT TRABECULAR MICRO-BYPASS STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage GLAUKOS CORPORATION
Mar 27, 2018 $56 CYPASS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Feb 13, 2018 $52 CYPASS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Mar 30, 2018 $47 TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS WHITESTART PHACOEMULSFICIATION SYSTEM HEALON VISCOELASTICS OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL ADJUNCTS Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $44 ISTENT INJECT TRABECULAR MICRO-BYPASS STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage GLAUKOS CORPORATION
Jan 30, 2018 $38 CYPASS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
May 9, 2018 $38 TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS WHITESTART PHACOEMULSFICIATION SYSTEM PHACOFRAGMENTATION ACCESSORIES Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $33 TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS CATALYS LASER SYSTEM WHITESTART PHACOEMULSFICIATION SYSTEM HEALON VISCOELASTICS Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $30 No Listed Product Food and Beverage IRIDEX CORPORATION
Dec 5, 2018 $29 CATALYS LASER SYSTEM PHACOFRAGMENTATION ACCESSORIES TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS WHITESTART PHACOEMULSFICIATION SYSTEM Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
May 17, 2018 $27 WHITESTART PHACOEMULSFICIATION SYSTEM TECNIS MULTIFOCAL FAMILY OF 1-PIECE IOLS CATALYS LASER SYSTEM Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
Nov 1, 2018 $23 TRAVATAN Z Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jan 8, 2018 $15 CYPASS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES INC
Jun 4, 2018 $15 LUMIGAN Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $12 DUREZOL Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 13, 2018 $10 CYPASS Food and Beverage ALCON LABORATORIES 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.