3M Company: payments to doctors
Reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act for Open Payments program years 2019–2025. Figures group every CMS reporting entity belonging to this corporate parent.
- Total reported
- $9.4M
- Providers paid
- 22,045
- Transactions
- 44,127
- Average per transaction
- $214
The average per transaction — $214 — is the number worth reading. A large total spread across hundreds of thousands of transactions is a company buying a great many modest meals at educational presentations. A large total across few transactions means consulting, speaking or royalty arrangements with a small number of physicians. The totals alone do not distinguish them.
Where the money went
| State | Total reported | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | $1,545,738 | 16.4% |
| Illinois | $1,147,675 | 12.2% |
| New Jersey | $1,143,301 | 12.1% |
| Ohio | $901,927 | 9.6% |
| Alabama | $856,314 | 9.1% |
| Texas | $687,666 | 7.3% |
| California | $614,893 | 6.5% |
| Michigan | $416,360 | 4.4% |
| New York | $196,579 | 2.1% |
| Georgia | $196,473 | 2.1% |
| Florida | $191,245 | 2.0% |
| Indiana | $179,970 | 1.9% |
| Arizona | $159,185 | 1.7% |
| Virginia | $150,174 | 1.6% |
| Washington | $109,015 | 1.2% |
| North Carolina | $104,620 | 1.1% |
| Iowa | $85,634 | 0.9% |
| Pennsylvania | $77,718 | 0.8% |
| Louisiana | $71,291 | 0.8% |
| Tennessee | $67,682 | 0.7% |
| Massachusetts | $50,856 | 0.5% |
| Colorado | $49,634 | 0.5% |
| Missouri | $38,082 | 0.4% |
| South Carolina | $34,083 | 0.4% |
| Oregon | $34,054 | 0.4% |
| Arkansas | $30,742 | 0.3% |
| Montana | $28,668 | 0.3% |
| Nevada | $25,196 | 0.3% |
| Utah | $24,529 | 0.3% |
| Kansas | $24,395 | 0.3% |
| Maryland | $22,842 | 0.2% |
| Wisconsin | $21,611 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | $16,262 | 0.2% |
| New Mexico | $14,081 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | $13,721 | 0.1% |
| Kentucky | $12,314 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | $11,499 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $11,107 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $9,261 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $8,277 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $7,710 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $4,486 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $4,020 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $3,920 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $3,663 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $3,464 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $3,320 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $2,769 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $1,078 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $645 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $486 | 0.0% |
| AE | $326 | 0.0% |
| AA | $218 | 0.0% |
| AP | $183 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $134 | 0.0% |
| GU | $55 | 0.0% |