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BRIAN B NIELSEN
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BRIAN B NIELSEN

Listed Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
5301 E GRANT RD, ORTHOPAEDIC BLDG, 1ST FLOOR, TUCSON, AZ, 85712-2805
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BRIAN NIELSEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

28

payments

$33,064

payment total

4

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
Consulting
 5 $21,800
Travel and Lodging
 8 $10,560
Food and Beverage
 15 $704

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†
MYSPINE

device

 $31,845
MUST

device

 $22,578
MECTALIF

device

 $778
EXCELSIUS - GPS

device

 $129
MAKO

device

 $57
PLASMABLADE

device

 $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
Aug 13, 2018 $8,858 MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $8,550 MUST MYSPINE Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $5,250 MYSPINE MUST Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 12, 2018 $5,000 MUST MYSPINE Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 11, 2018 $2,000 MUST MYSPINE Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Nov 30, 2018 $1,000 MUST Consulting MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 8, 2018 $782 MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $304 MECTALIF MUST MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $217 MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $129 EXCELSIUS - GPS Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 20, 2018 $120 MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $120 MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $107 MYSPINE MUST MECTALIF Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $84 MYSPINE MECTALIF MUST Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $79 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $77 MECTALIF MUST MYSPINE Travel and Lodging MEDACTA USA, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $73 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $56 MYSPINE MUST MECTALIF Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $53 MECTALIF MUST MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Aug 7, 2018 $38 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Sep 20, 2018 $34 MYSPINE MECTALIF MUST Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Jan 25, 2018 $33 PLASMABLADE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $26 MYSPINE MUST MECTALIF Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Apr 2, 2018 $19 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Nov 20, 2018 $19 MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $15 MYSPINE MUST MECTALIF Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $13 MUST MECTALIF MYSPINE Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $11 MYSPINE MUST MECTALIF Food and Beverage MEDACTA USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.