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.

MELODY
device

MELODY

$395K

payments related to this device in 2018

254

doctors receiving payments in 2018

1

teaching hospital 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
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. $395K

Top Doctors Receiving Payments Related to this Device

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

Doctor Location Money Paid
MCELHINNEY
DOFF MCELHINNEY

PALO ALTO, CA

$38,304
CHEATHAM
JOHN CHEATHAM

COLUMBUS, OH

$24,511
JUSTINO
HENRI JUSTINO

HOUSTON, TX

$19,854
ARMSTRONG
AIMEE ARMSTRONG

COLUMBUS, OH

$19,477
ZAHN
EVAN ZAHN

LOS ANGELES, CA

$18,879
GOLDSTEIN
BRYAN GOLDSTEIN

CINCINNATI, OH

$11,330
JONES
THOMAS JONES

SEATTLE, WA

$8,510
SHAHANAVAZ
SHABANA SHAHANAVAZ

SAINT LOUIS, MO

$8,462
HELLENBRAND
WILLIAM HELLENBRAND

NEW HAVEN, CT

$7,942
GILLESPIE
MATTHEW GILLESPIE

PHILADELPHIA, PA

$6,840

Top Teaching Hospitals Receiving Payments Related to this Device

Hospital Location Money Paid
ST. LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
ST. LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL

SAINT LOUIS, MO

$7,500

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.