POLARSTEM

Device Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Total Payments
$642,052
Transactions
1,446
Doctors
576
Companies
2

Payment Trends by Year

Year Amount Transactions Doctors
2024 $61,209 256 105
2023 $90,606 90 62
2022 $139,926 166 96
2021 $26,091 149 73
2020 $27,021 69 40
2019 $109,702 221 112
2018 $40,112 245 134
2017 $147,386 250 124

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $275,644 52 42.9%
Travel and Lodging $198,170 370 30.9%
Consulting Fee $75,446 29 11.8%
Food and Beverage $53,249 981 8.3%
Space rental or facility fees (teaching hospital only) $23,042 7 3.6%
Debt forgiveness $15,683 3 2.4%
Gift $718.00 1 0.1%
Education $99.15 3 0.0%

Top Doctors Receiving Payments for POLARSTEM

Doctor Specialty Location Total Records
, D.O Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Kenosha, WI $65,090 82
Unknown Seneca, SC $39,456 12
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Lihue, HI $37,280 7
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Falmouth, ME $30,833 18
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Durham, NC $29,243 16
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Falmouth, ME $26,712 13
, MD Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Lexington, KY $25,855 24
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Vero Beach, FL $24,776 22
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Van Nuys, CA $24,341 28
, M.D Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Palm Beach Gardens, FL $19,551 42
, M.D., M.SC General Acute Care Hospital Orange, CA $17,511 8
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Winfield, IL $17,364 2
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Falmouth, ME $15,643 17
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Houston, TX $13,674 20
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Las Vegas, NV $13,035 9
, MD Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Charlotte, NC $13,000 1
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Buffalo, NY $9,447 14
, M.D Specialist Louisville, KY $8,701 3
, M.D., PH. D Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Pittsburgh, PA $8,438 7
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Wilmington, NC $6,368 5
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery New York, NY $6,300 2
, M.D Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery San Antonio, TX $6,139 2
, M.D Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Hickory, NC $5,970 2
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Lake Charles, LA $5,925 1
, M.D Orthopaedic Surgery Saint Louis, MO $5,590 3

About POLARSTEM

POLARSTEM is a device associated with $642,052 in payments to 576 healthcare providers, recorded across 1,446 transactions in the CMS Open Payments database. The primary manufacturer is Smith & Nephew, Inc..

Payment data is available from 2017 to 2024. In 2024, $61,209 was paid across 256 transactions to 105 doctors.

The most common payment nature for POLARSTEM is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($275,644, 42.9% of total).