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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.

ROBERT F SPETZLER
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ROBERT F SPETZLER

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
2910 N 3RD AVE, PHOENIX, AZ, 85013-4434
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ROBERT SPETZLER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

11

payments

$2,086,887

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
Royalty or License
 9 $2.09M
Food and Beverage
 2 $334

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†
NSE - SONOPET

device

 $1.67M
NSE - SILVERGLIDE

device

 $386K
STEALTHSTATION

device

 $25,000
SPETZLER MALIS FORCEPS

device

 $4,184
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $892
† 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
Aug 2, 2018 $1,330,225 NSE - SONOPET Royalty or License STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $282,702 NSE - SILVERGLIDE Royalty or License STRYKER CORPORATION
Jul 19, 2018 $116,486 NSE - SONOPET Royalty or License STRYKER CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $116,259 NSE - SONOPET Royalty or License STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 1, 2018 $108,220 NSE - SONOPET Royalty or License STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $102,918 NSE - SILVERGLIDE Royalty or License STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 21, 2018 $25,000 STEALTHSTATION Royalty or License MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 26, 2018 $4,184 SPETZLER MALIS FORCEPS Royalty or License INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Jan 19, 2018 $559 No Listed Product Royalty or License MIZUHO AMERICA, INC.
Apr 30, 2018 $216 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
May 1, 2018 $117 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, 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.