Table 3.
Subtype Payment Aggregates Based on Median Payment per Surgeon
| Median (IQR) ($) | P | ||||||
| Payment Subtype | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Faculty or speaker fees | 8262.00 (22,086.00) | 4098.32 (13,554.94) | 3061.88 (7,210.31) | 7587.825 (12,489.92) | 5090 (7,635.00) | 5000.00 (6,254.69) | 0.104 |
| Consulting fee | 5597.87 (20,295.36) | 9440.45 (2,4801.08) | 13,307.22 (32,028.61) | 14,872.62 (30,763.48) | 10,466.85 (26,595.25) | 13,650.00 (28,625.00) | 0.028a |
| Education | 102.61 (304.452) | 106.82 (367.03) | 255.59 (1340.01) | 423.33 (1578.79) | 641.34 (1503.08) | 370.49 (1,334.50) | <0.001a |
| Entertainment, food, and beverage | 217.78 (549.27) | 248.75 (502.15) | 284.80 (594.47) | 240.04 (495.37) | 303.97 (549.37) | 409.86 (749.55) | <0.001a |
| Grant | 23,287.50 (29,632.50) | 1294.80 (2,077.08) | 1278.00 (2,213.23) | — | 5,090.00 (0.00) | 250.00 (200.00) | <0.001a |
| Honoraria | 702.00 (2,106.00) | 1735.03 (867.52) | 1721.04 (860.52) | 1718.86 (859.43) | 2516.496 (989.50) | 2055.00 (1,411.00) | 0.149 |
| Royalty or license | 84,863.53 (16,1131.10) | 7,9730.72 (196,898.09) | 77,036.09 (243,540.12) | 33,707.04 (101,343.05) | 17,656.22 (165,051.20) | 11,605.25 (67,988.29) | 0.044a |
| Travel and lodging | 1491.84 (2,642.26) | 1489.46 (2,056.71) | 1552.34 (2,901.12) | 1446.25 (2,293.28) | 1636.38 (2,974.02) | 1723.55 (2,677.26) | 0.019a |
IQR = interquartile range
a
The Jonckheere-Terpstra test for ordered alternatives done with significance defined as P < 0.05.