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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.

JOSEPH SONG
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JOSEPH SONG

Listed Specialty: Surgery
4960 CHILDRENS PLACE DIVISION OF UROLOGIC SURGERY, CAMPUS BOX 8242, SAINT LOUIS, MO, 63110
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DR. JOSEPH SONG,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

12

payments

$1,032

payment total

5

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
 11 $564
Travel and Lodging
 1 $468

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†
GENERAL KIDNEY STONE DISEASE

device

 $468
THIOLA

drug

 $125
XTANDI

drug

 $124
INLAY OPTIMA

device

 $113
SKYLITE

device

 $113
X-FORCE

device

 $113
NOCTIVA

drug

 $94
AMS

device

 $73
ADVANCE

device

 $34
† 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
Oct 12, 2018 $468 GENERAL KIDNEY STONE DISEASE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 7, 2018 $125 THIOLA Food and Beverage RETROPHIN, INC.
May 18, 2018 $124 XTANDI Food and Beverage ASTELLAS PHARMA US INC
May 21, 2018 $113 INLAY OPTIMA SKYLITE X-FORCE Food and Beverage C. R. BARD, INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
Aug 23, 2018 $94 NOCTIVA Food and Beverage AVADEL SPECIALTY PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Sep 11, 2018 $22 ADVANCE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 18, 2018 $20 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 12, 2018 $14 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 4, 2018 $14 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 4, 2018 $13 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 6, 2018 $12 ADVANCE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 7, 2018 $12 AMS Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.