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Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated made 18,260 payments totaling $4.7M to 10,671 healthcare providers through the CMS Open Payments program.

Total Paid

$4.7M

Doctors Paid

10,671

Total Payments

18K

Avg Payment

$257

How Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Pays Doctors

The largest category by dollar amount is consulting fee, accounting for $2.3M across 638 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 14,769 meals averaging $36 each.

Consulting Fee

638 payments, avg $4K

49%$2.3M

Honoraria

234 payments, avg $3K

17%$796K

Travel and Lodging

2,612 payments, avg $250

14%$653K

Food and Beverage

14,769 payments, avg $36

11%$539K

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program

6 payments, avg $62K

8%$374K

Education

1 payments, avg $30K

1%$30K

Where the Money Goes

New York received the most from Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated: $768K across 396 doctors.

New York$768K
396 doctors · 915 payments
Texas$602K
1,231 doctors · 2,220 payments
California$401K
741 doctors · 1,303 payments
Florida$330K
907 doctors · 1,315 payments
Minnesota$279K
42 doctors · 543 payments
North Carolina$276K
317 doctors · 635 payments
Louisiana$243K
572 doctors · 882 payments
Pennsylvania$238K
469 doctors · 760 payments
Ohio$221K
452 doctors · 599 payments
Georgia$140K
447 doctors · 718 payments
Maine$119K
48 doctors · 207 payments
Michigan$116K
162 doctors · 267 payments
Kentucky$110K
324 doctors · 714 payments
Indiana$72K
185 doctors · 365 payments
Nebraska$70K
74 doctors · 287 payments

Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.

Which Specialties Does Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Target?

Anesthesiology doctors received the most from Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated: $1.7M across 1,618 providers.

Anesthesiology
1,618 doctors$1.7M
Orthopaedic Surgery
853 doctors$626K
General Practice
328 doctors$322K
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
2,057 doctors$295K
Family Medicine
117 doctors$231K
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
172 doctors$227K
Pain Medicine
170 doctors$169K
Physician Assistant
903 doctors$146K
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
71 doctors$125K
Neurological Surgery
47 doctors$107K

Products Behind the Payments

These are the drugs and medical devices that Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.

Exparel
12,961 payments$2.5M
Iovera
4,730 payments$1.3M
Zilretta
470 payments$303K

Top Recipients

These doctors received the most from Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.

Mark Kronenfeld

Anesthesiology · Brooklyn, NY

20 payments$278K
Christopher Varacallo

Family Medicine · Du Bois, PA

134 payments$197K
Mark Froimson

Orthopaedic Surgery · Cleveland, OH

19 payments$190K
Jeffrey Gadsden

Anesthesiology · Durham, NC

134 payments$169K
Karina Gritsenko

Anesthesiology · Bronx, NY

186 payments$162K
Jacob Hutchins

Anesthesiology · Minneapolis, MN

283 payments$148K
James Mueller

Anesthesiology · Dallas, TX

235 payments$143K
Vinod Dasa

General Practice · Kenner, LA

88 payments$143K
Gary Schwartz

Pain Medicine · Brooklyn, NY

149 payments$124K
Michael Mont

Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · New York, NY

4 payments$120K
Ryan Mountjoy

Anesthesiology · Portland, ME

150 payments$114K
Daniel Fenton

Dentist · Port St Lucie, FL

11 payments$100K
Valentine Gibson

Anesthesiology · Colleyville, TX

115 payments$96K
Clay Guynn

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Lexington, KY

282 payments$88K
Richard Teames

Anesthesiology · Fort Worth, TX

130 payments$87K

Frequently Asked Questions

How much has Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated paid to doctors?

Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated made 18,260 payments totaling $4.7M to 10,671 healthcare providers. The average payment was $257 and the largest single payment was $131K.

What types of payments does Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated make?

Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated's payments include consulting fee ($2.3M), honoraria ($796K), travel and lodging ($653K). They provided 14,769 meals to doctors, averaging $36 per meal.

Which doctors receive the most from Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated?

The top recipient is Mark Kronenfeld (Anesthesiology), who received $278K across 20 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.