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BJORN C BALLDIN
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BJORN C BALLDIN

Listed Specialty: Sports Medicine
2829 BABCOCK ROAD, SUITE 700, SAN ANTONIO, TX, 78229-6015
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BJORN BALLDIN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

26

payments

$14,814

payment total

5

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $11,040
Travel and Lodging
 7 $2,840
Food and Beverage
 18 $934

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†
BIOSURE REGENESORB

device

 $13,453
TRUNAV

device

 $13,453
MAKO

device

 $1,087
MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR SYSTEM

device

 $161
PINPOINT SYSTEM

device

 $161
ULTRA FAST-FIX

device

 $161
ZILRETTA

drug

 $62
EUFLEXXA

device

 $27
MONOVISC

device

 $24
† 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
Oct 9, 2018 $11,040 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Promotional Speaking/Other SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. B CHRISTIAN BALLDIN MD, PLLC
Jun 13, 2018 $878 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $635 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 13, 2018 $572 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
May 10, 2018 $271 MAKO Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 9, 2018 $190 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. B CHRISTIAN BALLDIN MD, PLLC
Jun 13, 2018 $161 PINPOINT SYSTEM ULTRA FAST-FIX MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR SYSTEM Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $149 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 15, 2018 $134 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $133 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Travel and Lodging SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. B CHRISTIAN BALLDIN MD, PLLC
Jun 13, 2018 $128 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $103 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 24, 2018 $89 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 14, 2018 $59 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 16, 2018 $52 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Mar 24, 2018 $37 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Mar 23, 2018 $32 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $24 MONOVISC Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Mar 24, 2018 $22 MAKO Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 25, 2018 $20 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $16 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Sep 26, 2018 $16 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $15 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $15 BIOSURE REGENESORB TRUNAV Food and Beverage SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $12 ZILRETTA Food and Beverage FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Dec 3, 2018 $12 EUFLEXXA Food and Beverage FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
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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.