Abbott: 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
- $654M
- Providers paid
- 183,929
- Transactions
- 1,776,227
- Average per transaction
- $368
The average per transaction — $368 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| California | $89,609,562 | 13.7% |
| Texas | $67,078,160 | 10.3% |
| Florida | $43,028,170 | 6.6% |
| New York | $40,196,363 | 6.1% |
| Pennsylvania | $29,426,981 | 4.5% |
| Arizona | $22,180,660 | 3.4% |
| Massachusetts | $21,012,599 | 3.2% |
| Washington | $19,719,551 | 3.0% |
| Illinois | $19,607,327 | 3.0% |
| Georgia | $19,586,337 | 3.0% |
| North Carolina | $18,441,295 | 2.8% |
| Michigan | $17,202,223 | 2.6% |
| Ohio | $16,971,448 | 2.6% |
| Minnesota | $16,458,384 | 2.5% |
| Tennessee | $15,885,295 | 2.4% |
| Arkansas | $12,611,954 | 1.9% |
| South Carolina | $12,243,507 | 1.9% |
| Virginia | $11,153,237 | 1.7% |
| Kansas | $10,995,337 | 1.7% |
| New Jersey | $10,669,604 | 1.6% |
| Missouri | $10,390,223 | 1.6% |
| Maryland | $9,495,804 | 1.5% |
| Colorado | $9,206,307 | 1.4% |
| Nebraska | $9,021,922 | 1.4% |
| Louisiana | $8,831,900 | 1.4% |
| Indiana | $8,818,525 | 1.3% |
| Alabama | $8,818,367 | 1.3% |
| Utah | $8,140,330 | 1.2% |
| Connecticut | $7,321,795 | 1.1% |
| Wisconsin | $5,660,246 | 0.9% |
| Wyoming | $5,324,914 | 0.8% |
| Idaho | $5,038,731 | 0.8% |
| Nevada | $4,821,088 | 0.7% |
| Oregon | $4,770,302 | 0.7% |
| District of Columbia | $4,563,371 | 0.7% |
| Iowa | $4,368,867 | 0.7% |
| Oklahoma | $3,660,611 | 0.6% |
| Kentucky | $3,524,644 | 0.5% |
| West Virginia | $3,465,994 | 0.5% |
| New Mexico | $3,401,316 | 0.5% |
| Mississippi | $2,104,928 | 0.3% |
| South Dakota | $1,512,952 | 0.2% |
| Puerto Rico | $1,465,693 | 0.2% |
| Rhode Island | $1,418,457 | 0.2% |
| Montana | $1,400,570 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $1,389,182 | 0.2% |
| Vermont | $445,508 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $416,217 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $375,830 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $340,631 | 0.1% |
| North Dakota | $271,143 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $127,586 | 0.0% |
| GU | $5,629 | 0.0% |
| AE | $4,414 | 0.0% |
| AP | $1,348 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $558 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $463 | 0.0% |
| XX | $390 | 0.0% |
| AA | $146 | 0.0% |