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ANDREW C PICEL
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ANDREW C PICEL

Listed Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
UCSD MEDICAL CENTER, 200 WEST ARBOR DR, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92103
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DR. ANDREW PICEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

23

payments

$1,955

payment total

9

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
 20 $1,371
Travel and Lodging
 1 $522
Education
 2 $62

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†
EMBOSPHERE MICROSPHERES

device

 $584
SWIFTNINJA

device

 $584
COOK MEDICAL GI PRODUCTS

device

 $247
PENUMBRA SYSTEM

device

 $195
LUTONIX

device

 $165
INDIGO

device

 $135
SOLITAIRE

device

 $129
COOK MEDICAL ZENITH

device

 $122
ANGIOSEAL

device

 $114
GLIDESHEATH

device

 $114
METACROSS

device

 $114
UPTRAVI

drug

 $114
GLIDEWIRE

device

 $95
EMBOZENE

device

 $43
ANGIOJET

device

 $38
PENUMBRA RUBY COIL

device

 $24
VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE

device

 $20
KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY

device

 $19
AZUR

device

 $19
TR BAND

device

 $19
COOK MEDICAL INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

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
Apr 16, 2018 $522 SWIFTNINJA EMBOSPHERE MICROSPHERES Travel and Lodging MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
Oct 10, 2018 $165 LUTONIX Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 29, 2018 $148 PENUMBRA SYSTEM Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $135 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $125 COOK MEDICAL GI PRODUCTS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Mar 20, 2018 $122 COOK MEDICAL ZENITH Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Sep 27, 2018 $114 UPTRAVI Food and Beverage ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS US, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $101 COOK MEDICAL GI PRODUCTS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Dec 17, 2018 $95 METACROSS GLIDEWIRE GLIDESHEATH ANGIOSEAL Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jun 29, 2018 $69 SOLITAIRE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 2, 2018 $60 SOLITAIRE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 14, 2018 $48 SWIFTNINJA EMBOSPHERE MICROSPHERES Education MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
Jun 28, 2018 $47 PENUMBRA SYSTEM Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $43 EMBOZENE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 16, 2018 $38 ANGIOJET Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 19, 2018 $24 PENUMBRA RUBY COIL Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $20 VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH HEPARIN BIOACTIVE SURFACE Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 3, 2018 $19 KYPHON BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $19 AZUR GLIDESHEATH TR BAND ANGIOSEAL METACROSS Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
May 2, 2018 $18 COOK MEDICAL GI PRODUCTS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
May 14, 2018 $14 SWIFTNINJA EMBOSPHERE MICROSPHERES Education MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
Jul 30, 2018 $5 COOK MEDICAL INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Sep 24, 2018 $3 COOK MEDICAL GI PRODUCTS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.