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ROBERT C BLUE
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ROBERT C BLUE

Listed Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
1 GUSTAVE L LEVY PL, DEPT OF RADIOLOGY, BOX 1234, NEW YORK, NY, 10029-6504
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ROBERT BLUE,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$3,570

payment total

6

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
Travel and Lodging
 7 $2,030
Food and Beverage
 19 $1,539

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†
EMBOZENE

device

 $1,400
FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER

device

 $928
HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $928
HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES

device

 $928
OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM

device

 $928
SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM

device

 $928
GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION

device

 $309
DIREXION

device

 $248
THERASPHERE

device

 $222
AZUR

device

 $193
HYDROPEARL

device

 $115
METACROSS

device

 $115
TR BAND

device

 $115
INDIGO

device

 $96
SUREFIRE INFUSION SYSTEMS

device

 $76
PENUMBRA SYSTEM

device

 $67
GENERAL ATHERECTOMY

device

 $18
ANGIOJET

device

 $14
† 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 17, 2018 $1,093 EMBOZENE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 18, 2018 $487 FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 22, 2018 $192 DIREXION Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 17, 2018 $191 EMBOZENE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 18, 2018 $175 FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 18, 2018 $171 FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 21, 2018 $147 THERASPHERE Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Jul 23, 2018 $115 HYDROPEARL AZUR TR BAND METACROSS Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Mar 1, 2018 $109 GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 19, 2018 $100 GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 23, 2018 $100 GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 12, 2018 $96 INDIGO Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $86 FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 27, 2018 $78 AZUR Food and Beverage TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION
Jan 12, 2018 $75 THERASPHERE Food and Beverage BIOCOMPATIBLES, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $67 PENUMBRA SYSTEM Food and Beverage PENUMBRA, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $56 EMBOZENE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 16, 2018 $48 SUREFIRE INFUSION SYSTEMS Food and Beverage SUREFIRE MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 19, 2018 $47 DIREXION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 18, 2018 $33 EMBOZENE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 2, 2018 $28 SUREFIRE INFUSION SYSTEMS Food and Beverage SUREFIRE MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 18, 2018 $27 EMBOZENE Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 1, 2018 $18 GENERAL ATHERECTOMY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 24, 2018 $14 ANGIOJET Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Aug 22, 2018 $10 DIREXION Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Apr 18, 2018 $8 FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM Travel and Lodging ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.