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JOSEPH B SCHNITTKER
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JOSEPH B SCHNITTKER

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
500 ARCADE AVE, SUITE 110, ELKHART, IN, 46514-2477
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DR. JOSEPH SCHNITTKER,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

41

payments

$2,845

payment total

19

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
 6 $1,635
Food and Beverage
 34 $1,149
Gift
 1 $60

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†
O-ARM-ST

device

 $1,202
PASS-LP

device

 $902
UNID

device

 $902
INFINITY OCT SYSTEM

device

 $138
GLIADEL

drug

 $63
FLAREHAWK

device

 $60
PYRENEES PLATE SYSTEM

device

 $58
ALL SPINE STIMULATION

drug

 $50
IFUSE IMPLANT

device

 $46
VITOSS

device

 $38
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $26
POSTERIOR FUSION

device

 $26
ACCELL EVO3

device

 $22
COUGAR

device

 $21
GELFOAM

device

 $18
KCENTRA

drug

 $18
PROLIFT EXPANDABLE TLIF

device

 $18
CMF SPINALOGIC

device

 $17
BASE

device

 $16
BENDINI

device

 $16
COHERE

device

 $16
OSTEOCEL

device

 $16
PRECEPT

device

 $16
ANTERIOR FUSION

device

 $16
CYPHER MIS SCREW SYSTEM

device

 $15
1.5MM NEURO

device

 $14
VARILIFT

device

 $14
ALPINE XC

device

 $14
MAZORX - RENAISSANCE

device

 $11
RAMPART DUO INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM

device

 $11
AQUAMANTYS

device

 $11
† 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
Feb 22, 2018 $547 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $370 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $218 O-ARM-ST Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 16, 2018 $213 PASS-LP UNID Travel and Lodging MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Dec 6, 2018 $154 PASS-LP UNID Travel and Lodging MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Oct 8, 2018 $138 INFINITY OCT SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 6, 2018 $134 PASS-LP UNID Food and Beverage MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Dec 10, 2018 $133 PASS-LP UNID Travel and Lodging MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Sep 4, 2018 $107 PASS-LP UNID Food and Beverage MEDICREA USA, CORP.
May 30, 2018 $97 PASS-LP UNID Food and Beverage MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Nov 15, 2018 $60 FLAREHAWK Gift INTEGRITY IMPLANTS INC
Oct 2, 2018 $58 PYRENEES PLATE SYSTEM Food and Beverage K2M, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $52 PASS-LP UNID Food and Beverage MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Feb 23, 2018 $47 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $45 GLIADEL Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Mar 9, 2018 $38 VITOSS Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Dec 13, 2018 $30 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $26 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NANOVIS LLC
Feb 16, 2018 $26 POSTERIOR FUSION Food and Beverage SPINE WAVE, INC.
Mar 21, 2018 $22 ACCELL EVO3 Food and Beverage SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Jun 15, 2018 $21 ALL SPINE STIMULATION Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Jan 12, 2018 $21 COUGAR Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 23, 2018 $20 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 2, 2018 $18 ALL SPINE STIMULATION Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $18 GELFOAM Food and Beverage HOSPIRA, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $18 GLIADEL Food and Beverage ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $18 KCENTRA Food and Beverage CSL BEHRING
Sep 18, 2018 $18 PROLIFT EXPANDABLE TLIF Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $17 CMF SPINALOGIC Food and Beverage DJO, LLC
Sep 26, 2018 $16 BENDINI COHERE BASE OSTEOCEL PRECEPT Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Sep 21, 2018 $16 ANTERIOR FUSION Food and Beverage SPINE WAVE, INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $16 IFUSE IMPLANT Food and Beverage SI-BONE, INC.
Mar 23, 2018 $15 CYPHER MIS SCREW SYSTEM Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $14 1.5MM NEURO Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $14 VARILIFT Food and Beverage WENZEL SPINE, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $14 ALPINE XC Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $13 PASS-LP UNID Food and Beverage MEDICREA USA, CORP.
Oct 8, 2018 $11 MAZORX - RENAISSANCE Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jan 23, 2018 $11 RAMPART DUO INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM Food and Beverage SPINEOLOGY INC.
Jul 31, 2018 $11 AQUAMANTYS Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Apr 17, 2018 $11 ALL SPINE STIMULATION Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.