Geoffrey Christian Jocelyn Appelboom, MD
Neurosurgery · Paterson
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- Clear
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- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey, P.C. · 42 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: St Joseph'S University Medical Center Inc. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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State licence records
1 licence
- New Jersey 25MA10265400Medical Doctor · since 2018 · expires 2027-06-30ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- St Joseph'S University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Church · No emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Saint Josephs Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 58% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.372, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.154, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.235, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for St Joseph'S University Medical Center Inc
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 8 the same, 3 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.372 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.154 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.235 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.48 (0.53 to 2.44) · 1,258 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.73 (0.45 to 1.02) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 196.42 (150.15 to 242.7) · 81 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.3 · 31 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.7 · 95 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.4 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.6 · 670 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.6 · 483 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.4 · 3,651 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.19 (0 to 0.38) · 6,389 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.05 to 0.43) · 6,583 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.73 (0.68 to 4.78) · 1,291 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.73 (0.17 to 3.28) · 447 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.44 (0.96 to 3.92) · 1,293 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.29 (2.42 to 14.17) · 479 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 3.63 (0.01 to 7.25) · 431 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.64 (0.16 to 3.11) · 294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.1 (0 to 0.65) · 6,154 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.8 · 41 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.459 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.697 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.9 · 336 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22 · 904 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 48.7 · 168 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 69 · 471 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 58.3 · 682 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.4 · 1,175 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (3.6 to 8.7) · 41 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.6 (8 to 16.2) · 41 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6 · 40 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.2 · 50 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 208 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.1 (9.2 to 15.8) · 804 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 326 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,521 patients answered, 11% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 2 |
| Room was "always" clean | 69% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained | 54% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 79% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 59% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 68% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 45% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 58% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$83,809
Medicare paid this office $83,809 for 175 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Fusion of upper spine bone with removal of disc and release of spinal cord or nerve, 1 disc | 14 | $17,936 | $1,281 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | 15 | $8,875 | $555 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 55 | $7,969 | $145 |
| Placement of stabilizing device to front, 2-3 spine bone segments | 13 | $6,927 | $533 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 60 | $5,837 | $77 |
See all 9 services
| Fusion of upper spine bone with removal of disc and release of spinal cord or nerve, 1 disc | 14 | $17,936 | $1,281 |
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | 15 | $8,875 | $555 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 55 | $7,969 | $145 |
| Placement of stabilizing device to front, 2-3 spine bone segments | 13 | $6,927 | $533 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 60 | $5,837 | $77 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 55 | $5,242 | $95 |
| Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | 18 | $5,175 | $185 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 26 | $2,906 | $108 |
| Short return visit | 11 | $547 | $50 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) | 22 | More than 51% of doctors who do this |
| Spinal fusion | 84 | More than 68% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
175 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 10% · 85 and older 9% · Women 47% · Also on Medicaid 8% · Health risk score 1.10. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurosurgery clinician is at 1.46.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 74% · Coronary heart disease 41% · Diabetes 38% · Depression 34% · Chronic kidney disease 26% · Atrial fibrillation 15% · Cancer 14% · COPD 14% · Heart failure 13% · Stroke 11% · Dementia 8%.
The office billed $2,689,808, Medicare allowed $105,661 and paid $83,809; for 357 services of 33 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 175 | 357 | 73 | 1.10 | $2,689,808 | $83,809 |
| 2023 | 157 | 321 | 73 | 1.20 | $2,306,030 | $82,849 |
| 2022 | 108 | 234 | 71 | 1.20 | $1,602,794 | $61,478 |
| 2021 | 82 | 193 | 72 | 1.16 | $782,551 | $36,911 |
| 2020 | 68 | 161 | 74 | 2.11 | $810,170 | $40,316 |
| 2019 | 88 | 159 | 77 | 1.88 | $1,187,171 | $54,510 |
| 2018 | 61 | 110 | 71 | 1.45 | $311,133 | $19,659 |
| 2017 | 15 | 16 | 71 | 1.10 | $8,096 | $1,824 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 6 services
| Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | 20 | $12,759 | $638 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 41 | $5,881 | $143 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 45 | $4,805 | $77 |
| Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | 13 | $4,776 | $191 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 48 | $4,389 | $91 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 24 | $2,690 | $108 |
2022: 4 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 30 | $4,290 | $143 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 34 | $3,280 | $96 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 31 | $3,193 | $80 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 16 | $1,905 | $106 |
2021: 2 services
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 37 | $3,588 | $97 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 33 | $3,068 | $73 |
2020: 2 services
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 27 | $2,580 | $96 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 21 | $1,649 | $61 |
2019: 3 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 18 | $4,028 | $192 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 16 | $2,808 | $176 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 26 | $2,511 | $97 |
2018: 2 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 24 | $1,181 | $44 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 14 | $959 | $68 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$1,239
Pharmacies billed $1,239 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 28% of their Part D prescriptions (43 of 154) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical neurosurgery clinician is at 28%.
154 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $1,239 in drug cost.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
| Ibuprofen | 37 | $238 | $6 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 12 | $192 | $16 |
| Cyclobenzaprine | 19 | $178 | $9 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $130 | $12 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $85 | $7 |
See all 6 drugs
| Ibuprofen | 37 | $238 | $6 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 12 | $192 | $16 |
| Cyclobenzaprine | 19 | $178 | $9 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $130 | $12 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $85 | $7 |
| Tramadol | 27 | $81 | $3 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 154 | 38 | 28% (43) | 0% | $1,239 |
| 2023 | 192 | 62 | 26% (49) | None | $4,348 |
| 2022 | 150 | 42 | 32% (48) | 0% | $1,964 |
| 2021 | 39 | 17 | None | 0% | $492 |
| 2020 | 19 | None | None | 0% | $87 |
| 2019 | 34 | 14 | None | None | $1,328 |
| 2017 | 11 | None | 0% (0) | None | $267 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 5 drugs
| Gabapentin | 20 | $321 | $16 |
| Tramadol | 24 | $311 | $13 |
| Cyclobenzaprine | 33 | $239 | $7 |
| Ibuprofen | 14 | $87 | $6 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 14 | $71 | $5 |
2022: 5 drugs
| Tramadol | 34 | $366 | $11 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $296 | $25 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $267 | $13 |
| Ibuprofen | 22 | $168 | $8 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $35 | $3 |
Money from drug and device companies
$2,206 in 2025
| 2025 | 9 | 18 | None | $2,206 |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 | None | $1,580 |
| 2023 | 8 | 13 | None | $770 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13 | None | $1,004 |
| 2021 | 11 | 24 | None | $2,546 |
| 2020 | 6 | 26 | None | $2,009 |
| 2019 | 7 | 36 | None | $3,168 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Centinel Spine | Prodisc L | $776 | 3 payments
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| Stryker | Cascadia Interbody System | $482 | 3 payments
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| Royal Biologics | None | $267 | 1 payment
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| Alphatec Spine | Other - Miscellaneous | $171 | 2 payments
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| VB Spine | Es2 Spinal System | $148 | 1 payment
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| Globus Medical | Senza | $136 | 3 payments
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See all 18 published payments
| Globus Medical | Meals · 2025-08-21 | Senza | $24 |
| Royal Biologics | Meals · 2025-08-14 | None | $267 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | Meals · 2025-08-07 | Barricaid Acd (Annular Closure Device) | $25 |
| Globus Medical | Meals · 2025-08-04 | Senza | $8 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | Meals · 2025-07-23 | Barricaid Acd (Annular Closure Device) | $40 |
| VB Spine | Meals · 2025-07-17 | Es2 Spinal System | $148 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | Meals · 2025-06-24 | Barricaid Acd (Annular Closure Device) | $5 |
| Alphatec Spine | Meals · 2025-06-02 | Lif | $34 |
| Inspire Medical Systems | Meals · 2025-04-07 | Inspire | $23 |
| Centinel Spine | Meals · 2025-04-04 | Prodisc L | $216 |
| Centinel Spine | Travel · 2025-03-29 | Prodisc L | $196 |
| Centinel Spine | Travel · 2025-03-17 | Prodisc L | $364 |
| Globus Medical | Meals · 2025-03-03 | Senza | $104 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-02-26 | Cascadia Interbody System | $169 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-02-12 | Cascadia Interbody System | $160 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-02-07 | Cascadia Interbody System | $153 |
| Qapel Medical | Meals · 2025-01-30 | None | $133 |
| Alphatec Spine | Meals · 2025-01-13 | Other - Miscellaneous | $137 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
2024: $1,580
| Stryker | Capri Corpectomy Cage System | $1,457 | 4 payments
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| Providence Medical Technology | None | $38 | 2 payments
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| Sanara MedTech | Celleraterx | $24 | 1 payment
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| Alphatec Spine | Identiti | $22 | 1 payment
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| Spinal Elements | Medical Devices | $21 | 1 payment
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| Biotronik Nro | Prospera | $18 | 1 payment
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2023: $770
| Alphatec Spine | Other - Miscellaneous | $211 | 2 payments
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| Si-Bone | None | $188 | 3 payments
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| NuVasive | Acp | $143 | 1 payment
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| Stryker | Vsp System, Vsp Cranial | $114 | 2 payments
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| Biotronik Nro | Biotronik | $53 | 2 payments
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| Providence Medical Technology | None | $25 | 1 payment
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| Centinel Spine | Prodisc C Vivo | $20 | 1 payment
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| Biotronik | None | $17 | 1 payment
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2022: $1,004
| Stryker | Xia 3 | $648 | 8 payments
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| Si-Bone | None | $198 | 2 payments
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| Nevro | Omnia | $107 | 1 payment
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| Baxter Healthcare | Floseal | $36 | 1 payment
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| NuVasive | Xlif | $16 | 1 payment
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2021: $2,546
| Globus Medical | Excelsius Gps | $1,254 | 4 payments
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| Stryker | Xia 3 | $360 | 3 payments
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| Nevro | Omnia | $255 | 2 payments
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| Centinel Spine | Prodisc C | $197 | 1 payment
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| Medtronic | Intellis | $152 | 1 payment
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| Royal Biologics | None | $76 | 2 payments
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| NuVasive | Xlif | $68 | 3 payments
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| Boston Scientific | Spectra Wavewriter (Refurbished) | $65 | 3 payments
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| Si-Bone | Ifuse Implant | $59 | 2 payments
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| Baxter Healthcare | Floseal | $48 | 1 payment
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| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Biomet Spinalpak | $12 | 1 payment
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2020: $2,009
| Stryker | Cascadia | $1,724 | 17 payments
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| Boston Scientific | Spectra Wavewriter | $151 | 3 payments
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| Si-Bone | Ifuse Implant | $72 | 3 payments
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| Royal Biologics | None | $26 | 1 payment
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| Nevro | Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System | $20 | 1 payment
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| Medtronic USA | Vectris | $15 | 1 payment
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2019: $3,168
| Stryker | Aero | $2,413 | 20 payments
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| Medtronic USA | Adaptivestim | $220 | 6 payments
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| NuVasive | Xlif | $197 | 3 payments
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| Si-Bone | Ifuse Implant | $125 | 2 payments
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| Royal Biologics | None | $112 | 3 payments
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| Boston Scientific | General Pain Management | $87 | 1 payment
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| Portola Pharmaceuticals | Andexxa | $14 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1508224064
- Licence
- NJ 25MA10265400New Jersey 25MA10265400: Active
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207T00000X (207T00000X)
- Mailing address
- 703 Main St Ste A2404, Paterson, NJ, 07503
- NPI first listed
- 2016-01-29
- NPI last updated
- 2018-12-04
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305