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PETER J BECHTEL
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PETER J BECHTEL

Listed Specialty: Surgery
2000 E GREENVILLE ST, SUITE 2500, ANDERSON, SC, 29621-1580
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DR. PETER BECHTEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

21

payments

$7,886

payment total

11

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
 2 $7,000
Travel and Lodging
 1 $455
Food and Beverage
 18 $430

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

 $7,205
ORBERA

device

 $455
SITUATE

device

 $53
GRAFIX & STRAVIX

drug

 $44
GATTEX

drug

 $25
CFN CHLORAPREP

device

 $23
TELESCOPE, HOPKINS II, 45, ENLARGED

device

 $20
AFINITOR

drug

 $16
BENDEKA

drug

 $13
VOTRIENT

drug

 $12
OVITEX

device

 $11
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $9
† 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 3, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $3,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 2, 2018 $455 ORBERA Travel and Lodging APOLLO ENDOSURGERY US INC
May 15, 2018 $155 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 6, 2018 $30 SITUATE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Nov 30, 2018 $24 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Aug 4, 2018 $24 SITUATE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Dec 20, 2018 $23 CFN CHLORAPREP Food and Beverage BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Aug 14, 2018 $20 GRAFIX & STRAVIX Food and Beverage OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $20 TELESCOPE, HOPKINS II, 45, ENLARGED Food and Beverage KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA
Mar 26, 2018 $16 AFINITOR Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 12, 2018 $15 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 11, 2018 $14 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jun 12, 2018 $14 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jul 16, 2018 $13 BENDEKA Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $12 VOTRIENT Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $11 OVITEX Food and Beverage TELA BIO, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $11 GATTEX Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Jun 12, 2018 $11 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $10 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDELA LLC
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.