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Life Spine, Inc. vs Delcath Systems

Side-by-side comparison of CMS Open Payments data for Program Year 2024. Select different companies below to start a new comparison.

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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?

Delcath Systems has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 847, versus 523 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 18.6% of that company's General Payments recipient total.

HHI summarizes how payments are distributed across recorded recipients: higher means a less evenly distributed recipient pattern. This is a description of CMS-reported General Payments only, not a finding about conduct, prescribing, quality, or wrongdoing. Read it with the recipient count and underlying records below.

Life Spine, Inc.
HHI 523 · top recipient 11.3%
Ranked #1,276 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Delcath Systems
HHI 847 · top recipient 18.6%
Ranked #1,092 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Company A

Life Spine, Inc.

Total Payments
$327.4K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
429
Avg per Transaction
$763.07
Recipients
429
Avg per Recipient
$763.07
Payment Types
5
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee
Company B

Delcath Systems

Total Payments
$329.6K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
397
Avg per Transaction
$830.27
Recipients
397
Avg per Recipient
$830.27
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Life Spine, Inc. vs Delcath Systems - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Delcath Systems$329.6KLife Spine, Inc.$327.4K

General Payment Types Breakdown

Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.

Life Spine, Inc.

Consulting Fee $225.0K

68.7%

Royalty or License $42.0K

12.8%

Travel and Lodging $36.8K

11.2%

Education $14.1K

4.3%

Food and Beverage $9.5K

2.9%

Delcath Systems

Consulting Fee $198.6K

60.2%

Travel and Lodging $107.5K

32.6%

Food and Beverage $23.5K

7.1%

Top 5 General-Payment Recipients

This list uses CMS detailed General Payments records only; it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it does not equal the all-category totals above. A reported payment documents a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing; a higher total reflects reporting volume, not conduct. Verify directly at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Life Spine, Inc.

  1. 1

    Ali Mesiwala

    $36,855.66 · 8 txns

  2. 2

    Sohrab Virk

    $25,519.31 · 18 txns

  3. 3

    FRANCIS SHEN

    $24,317.93 · 27 txns

  4. 4

    Steven Leckie

    $21,168.00 · 41 txns

  5. 5

    SIMON CHAO

    $20,791.33 · 19 txns

Delcath Systems

  1. 1

    SIDDHARTH PADIA

    $61,273.61 · 24 txns

  2. 2

    CHANG HWA MARY CHEN

    $52,209.74 · 35 txns

  3. 3

    VENKATESH KRISHNASAMY

    $32,791.10 · 24 txns

  4. 4

    DANE SAKSA

    $25,848.53 · 16 txns

  5. 5

    RYAN DALTON

    $14,660.23 · 9 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Life Spine, Inc. Delcath Systems
Total Payments $327.4K $329.6K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 429 397
Avg per Transaction $763.07 $830.27
Recipient Count 429 397
Avg per Recipient $763.07 $830.27
Payment Type Count 5 3
Top Payment Type Consulting Fee Consulting Fee

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. All companies in the CMS Open Payments company corpus are available in the selector. Browse all companies →

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