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INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. made 115,646 payments totaling $59.9M to 16,235 healthcare providers through the CMS Open Payments program.

Total Paid

$59.9M

Doctors Paid

16,235

Total Payments

116K

Avg Payment

$518

How INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Pays Doctors

The largest category by dollar amount is education, accounting for $38.5M across 18,066 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 46,926 meals averaging $79 each.

Education

18,066 payments, avg $2K

64%$38.5M

Travel and Lodging

44,386 payments, avg $228

17%$10.1M

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v

4,010 payments, avg $2K

12%$7.0M

Food and Beverage

46,926 payments, avg $79

6%$3.7M

Consulting Fee

142 payments, avg $3K

1%$466K

Gift

2,112 payments, avg $21

0%$44K

Grant

1 payments, avg $5K

0%$5K

Debt forgiveness

2 payments, avg $2K

0%$5K

Honoraria

1 payments, avg $625

0%$625

Where the Money Goes

California received the most from INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.: $7.1M across 1,864 doctors.

California$7.1M
1,864 doctors · 12,530 payments
Texas$6.5M
1,352 doctors · 10,992 payments
Florida$5.0M
1,370 doctors · 10,399 payments
Illinois$2.8M
673 doctors · 4,749 payments
New York$2.6M
831 doctors · 5,466 payments
Pennsylvania$2.1M
745 doctors · 4,717 payments
Ohio$2.0M
537 doctors · 3,853 payments
Arizona$2.0M
455 doctors · 3,361 payments
Georgia$1.9M
563 doctors · 3,574 payments
North Carolina$1.7M
459 doctors · 3,416 payments
Missouri$1.5M
398 doctors · 2,934 payments
New Jersey$1.5M
333 doctors · 3,170 payments
Michigan$1.4M
558 doctors · 3,151 payments
Tennessee$1.4M
382 doctors · 2,787 payments
Washington$1.3M
363 doctors · 2,523 payments

Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.

Which Specialties Does INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Target?

Surgery doctors received the most from INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.: $28.2M across 6,203 providers.

Surgery
6,203 doctors$28.2M
Pulmonary Disease
1,214 doctors$6.8M
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1,747 doctors$5.7M
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
774 doctors$3.9M
Urology
857 doctors$2.9M
Colon & Rectal Surgery
566 doctors$2.7M
Critical Care Medicine
251 doctors$1.0M
Internal Medicine
425 doctors$910K
Gynecologic Oncology
265 doctors$876K
Surgical Critical Care
305 doctors$839K

Products Behind the Payments

These are the drugs and medical devices that INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.

Da Vinci Surgical System
108,785 payments$49.9M
DAVINCI XI
6,216 payments$9.3M
DA VINCI SP
640 payments$634K
ION
5 payments$164

Top Recipients

These doctors received the most from INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.

Douglas Stoddard

Surgery · Austin, TX

441 payments$434K
Andy Hawthorne

Surgery · Round Rock, TX

410 payments$332K
Devin Garza

Obstetrics & Gynecology · Austin, TX

365 payments$320K
Abhinav Mittal

Pulmonary Disease · Tucson, AZ

368 payments$318K
Andrea Pakula

Surgery · Thousand Oaks, CA

257 payments$283K
Gaby Moawad

Gynecology · Washington, FL

153 payments$280K
Robert Perez

Surgery · Hainesport, NJ

299 payments$247K
Omar Kudsi

Surgery · Boston, NJ

88 payments$240K
Nisha Dhir

Surgery · Plainsboro, NJ

335 payments$238K
Amit Taggar

Surgery · Kissimmee, FL

313 payments$228K
Hasnain Bawaadam

Pulmonary Disease · Kenosha, WI

262 payments$226K
Jorge Florin

Surgery · Winter Garden, FL

277 payments$226K
David Lourie

Surgery · Pasadena, CA

116 payments$213K
Rockson Liu

Surgery · Hayward, CA

229 payments$212K
Hadi Najafian

Surgery · Sun City, AZ

304 payments$211K

Frequently Asked Questions

How much has INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. paid to doctors?

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. made 115,646 payments totaling $59.9M to 16,235 healthcare providers. The average payment was $518 and the largest single payment was $40K.

What types of payments does INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. make?

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.'s payments include education ($38.5M), travel and lodging ($10.1M), compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v ($7.0M). They provided 46,926 meals to doctors, averaging $79 per meal.

Which doctors receive the most from INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.?

The top recipient is Douglas Stoddard (Surgery), who received $434K across 441 payments.

Are these payments legal?

Yes. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to publicly report payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments cover legitimate activities like consulting, research, education, and meals during educational presentations. The data is published through the CMS Open Payments program.

Where does this data come from?

This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov), which collects and publishes information about payments from drug and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals. Companies are required by law to report these payments.

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Source: CMS Open Payments program. Data includes general and research payments to physicians and teaching hospitals.