Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.: 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
- $12.9M
- Providers paid
- 3,758
- Transactions
- 10,903
- Average per transaction
- $1,181
The average per transaction — $1,181 — 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 | $3,145,599 | 24.4% |
| Massachusetts | $2,411,004 | 18.7% |
| Florida | $1,308,064 | 10.2% |
| Texas | $754,132 | 5.9% |
| Oregon | $687,548 | 5.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $484,084 | 3.8% |
| New York | $438,194 | 3.4% |
| Utah | $396,521 | 3.1% |
| Illinois | $341,687 | 2.7% |
| North Carolina | $304,187 | 2.4% |
| Tennessee | $263,959 | 2.1% |
| Michigan | $247,953 | 1.9% |
| Arizona | $240,035 | 1.9% |
| Georgia | $216,603 | 1.7% |
| Kentucky | $204,268 | 1.6% |
| Virginia | $161,477 | 1.3% |
| Minnesota | $155,343 | 1.2% |
| South Carolina | $133,694 | 1.0% |
| Rhode Island | $127,486 | 1.0% |
| Indiana | $121,241 | 0.9% |
| Kansas | $114,320 | 0.9% |
| Nevada | $102,858 | 0.8% |
| New Jersey | $58,256 | 0.5% |
| Ohio | $53,287 | 0.4% |
| Wisconsin | $49,352 | 0.4% |
| Colorado | $47,624 | 0.4% |
| North Dakota | $46,588 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | $46,513 | 0.4% |
| Maryland | $39,466 | 0.3% |
| Missouri | $37,686 | 0.3% |
| Louisiana | $36,625 | 0.3% |
| Alabama | $19,083 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | $11,821 | 0.1% |
| Mississippi | $9,346 | 0.1% |
| Puerto Rico | $8,988 | 0.1% |
| Washington | $8,729 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $8,684 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $8,457 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $6,046 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $4,430 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | $3,932 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $3,842 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $978 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | $888 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $406 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $275 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $260 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $242 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $145 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $131 | 0.0% |
| AE | $122 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $35 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $13 | 0.0% |