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BERT B VARGAS
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BERT B VARGAS

Listed Specialty: Neurology
5323 HARRY HINES BOULEVARD, DALLAS, TX, 75390-7208
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DR. BERT VARGAS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

54

payments

$51,575

payment total

9

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
 10 $29,282
Travel and Lodging
 7 $18,185
Honoraria
 1 $2,000
Food and Beverage
 34 $1,818
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $250
Education
 1 $40

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†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $39,508
AIMOVIG

drug

 $7,996
QUDEXY XR TOPIRAMATE EXTENDED RELEASE CAPSULES

drug

 $2,116
ZEMBRACE

drug

 $1,061
BOTOX

drug

 $817
AJOVY

drug

 $42
ONZETRA XSAIL

drug

 $24
OXTELLAR XR

drug

 $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
Dec 7, 2018 $9,867 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Dec 13, 2018 $7,600 No Listed Product Consulting ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Mar 9, 2018 $6,909 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Mar 16, 2018 $6,050 No Listed Product Consulting ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Apr 20, 2018 $5,800 No Listed Product Consulting TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $4,000 AIMOVIG Consulting AMGEN INC.
Jul 25, 2018 $2,000 AIMOVIG Consulting AMGEN INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $2,000 QUDEXY XR TOPIRAMATE EXTENDED RELEASE CAPSULES Honoraria UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES LLC
Jul 25, 2018 $1,000 AIMOVIG Consulting AMGEN INC.
Oct 23, 2018 $1,000 ZEMBRACE Consulting PROMIUS PHARMA LLC
Jan 25, 2018 $932 No Listed Product Consulting TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $524 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Dec 21, 2018 $500 AIMOVIG Consulting AMGEN INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $400 BOTOX Consulting ALLERGAN INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $300 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $297 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Mar 10, 2018 $265 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Nov 15, 2018 $250 BOTOX Promotional Speaking/Other ALLERGAN INC.
Mar 10, 2018 $230 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Dec 8, 2018 $198 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Jun 26, 2018 $145 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $125 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $125 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Aug 21, 2018 $116 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $116 QUDEXY XR TOPIRAMATE EXTENDED RELEASE CAPSULES Food and Beverage UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES LLC
Nov 15, 2018 $83 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Apr 22, 2018 $76 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $65 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $61 ZEMBRACE Food and Beverage PROMIUS PHARMA LLC
Apr 20, 2018 $50 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Apr 20, 2018 $50 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Sep 5, 2018 $46 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Dec 8, 2018 $40 No Listed Product Education ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Mar 10, 2018 $35 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Sep 25, 2018 $31 AJOVY Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $25 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Dec 8, 2018 $24 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Jul 21, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Jun 12, 2018 $20 No Listed Product Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Jun 28, 2018 $19 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Jan 16, 2018 $19 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Oct 10, 2018 $18 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Jul 3, 2018 $17 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Apr 10, 2018 $14 No Listed Product Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Sep 20, 2018 $12 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $12 ONZETRA XSAIL Food and Beverage AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $12 ONZETRA XSAIL Food and Beverage AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Oct 3, 2018 $11 AJOVY Food and Beverage TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $11 OXTELLAR XR Food and Beverage SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dec 4, 2018 $10 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Sep 22, 2018 $10 AIMOVIG Food and Beverage NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Oct 30, 2018 $5 BOTOX Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.