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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.

FRANCIS P SUTTER
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FRANCIS P SUTTER

Listed Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
100 E LANCASTER AVE, LANKENAU HEART GROUP, MEZZANINE, WYNNEWOOD, PA, 19096-3450
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DR. FRANCIS SUTTER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

24

payments

$6,560

payment total

7

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
Education
 4 $4,000
Promotional Speaking/Other
 3 $1,500
Food and Beverage
 17 $1,060

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†
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $5,730
ACROBAT

device

 $294
TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $150
ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $141
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $133
EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS

device

 $44
3F

device

 $36
OPDIVO

drug

 $33
† 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
May 16, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 16, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 23, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $500 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 21, 2018 $500 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 25, 2018 $500 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 24, 2018 $141 ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Jan 29, 2018 $133 No Listed Product Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Nov 2, 2018 $131 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 16, 2018 $119 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 27, 2018 $105 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Dec 14, 2018 $83 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $66 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jun 6, 2018 $65 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jun 22, 2018 $44 EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS Food and Beverage ATRICURE, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $36 3F Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 22, 2018 $29 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 19, 2018 $23 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jun 6, 2018 $21 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Oct 12, 2018 $19 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 4, 2018 $17 OPDIVO Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Aug 2, 2018 $16 OPDIVO Food and Beverage E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, L.L.C.
Jan 27, 2018 $14 ACROBAT Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
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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.