Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

VSP RECONSTRUCTION
device

VSP RECONSTRUCTION

$50,308

payments related to this device in 2018

221

doctors receiving payments in 2018

0

teaching hospitals receiving payments in 2018

1

company making payments related to this device in 2018

Companies Making Payments Related to this Device

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Company Payment
STRYKER CORPORATION $50,308

Top Doctors Receiving Payments Related to this Device

Totals listed account for all payments during the 2018 calendar year.

Doctor Location Money Paid
COSTELLO
BERNARD COSTELLO

PITTSBURGH, PA

$15,929
HERFORD
ALAN HERFORD

COLTON, CA

$2,222
FARRELL
BRIAN FARRELL

CHARLOTTE, NC

$1,502
BELL
RICHARD BELL

PORTLAND, OR

$1,458
WATSON
DAMON WATSON

MIDLOTHIAN, VA

$1,276
STEINBACHER
DEREK STEINBACHER

BOSTON, MA

$1,095
OCHS
MARK OCHS

PITTSBURGH, PA

$1,013
TUCKER
MYRON TUCKER

CHARLOTTE, NC

$989
GRUSS
JOSEPH GRUSS

SEATTLE, WA

$919
STRONG
EDWARD STRONG

SACRAMENTO, CA

$865

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.