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BENJAMIN R VEENSTRA
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BENJAMIN R VEENSTRA

Listed Specialty: Surgery
1653 W CONGRESS PKWY, RUSH, CHICAGO, IL, 60612-3833
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MR. BENJAMIN VEENSTRA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

25

payments

$4,207

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
Travel and Lodging
 8 $2,492
Education
 1 $1,000
Food and Beverage
 16 $714

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

 $2,592
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $1,322
EEA

device

 $134
HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $132
ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY

device

 $118
STRATAFIX

device

 $118
TRULANCE

drug

 $21
ECHELON FLEX STAPLER

device

 $14
EVICEL

drug

 $14
ENDO GIA

device

 $6
† 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
Sep 7, 2018 $1,075 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
May 24, 2018 $1,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 8, 2018 $452 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $304 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $216 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging COVIDIEN LP
Jun 22, 2018 $185 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 24, 2018 $140 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 18, 2018 $134 EEA Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jan 23, 2018 $126 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $118 ENSEAL PRODUCT FAMILY HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY STRATAFIX Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Jun 1, 2018 $98 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $80 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $39 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $29 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $29 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 12, 2018 $29 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $26 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 8, 2018 $23 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $21 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Sep 27, 2018 $21 TRULANCE Food and Beverage SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICALS INC
May 4, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
May 12, 2018 $14 ECHELON FLEX STAPLER EVICEL HARMONIC PRODUCT FAMILY Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $11 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
May 4, 2018 $10 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
May 18, 2018 $6 ENDO GIA Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.