Alcon: 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
- $86.1M
- Providers paid
- 54,972
- Transactions
- 562,592
- Average per transaction
- $153
The average per transaction — $153 — 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 | $14,742,537 | 17.1% |
| Minnesota | $12,156,254 | 14.1% |
| Texas | $6,355,173 | 7.4% |
| Florida | $5,786,532 | 6.7% |
| Tennessee | $5,701,734 | 6.6% |
| New York | $3,965,838 | 4.6% |
| North Carolina | $3,460,203 | 4.0% |
| Pennsylvania | $2,872,055 | 3.3% |
| Illinois | $2,846,757 | 3.3% |
| Ohio | $1,954,335 | 2.3% |
| Georgia | $1,645,877 | 1.9% |
| Washington | $1,558,886 | 1.8% |
| Maryland | $1,485,271 | 1.7% |
| New Jersey | $1,484,495 | 1.7% |
| Michigan | $1,388,803 | 1.6% |
| Virginia | $1,383,061 | 1.6% |
| Connecticut | $1,305,352 | 1.5% |
| Kentucky | $1,088,943 | 1.3% |
| Massachusetts | $1,069,905 | 1.2% |
| Arizona | $991,955 | 1.2% |
| Missouri | $893,342 | 1.0% |
| South Carolina | $890,360 | 1.0% |
| Indiana | $853,845 | 1.0% |
| Colorado | $840,399 | 1.0% |
| South Dakota | $835,336 | 1.0% |
| Utah | $802,003 | 0.9% |
| Alabama | $749,024 | 0.9% |
| Wisconsin | $664,041 | 0.8% |
| Louisiana | $603,954 | 0.7% |
| Oregon | $602,795 | 0.7% |
| Oklahoma | $592,094 | 0.7% |
| Kansas | $542,898 | 0.6% |
| Nevada | $537,375 | 0.6% |
| New Mexico | $345,680 | 0.4% |
| Hawaii | $343,008 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | $322,551 | 0.4% |
| Nebraska | $300,005 | 0.3% |
| Puerto Rico | $290,322 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | $280,484 | 0.3% |
| Mississippi | $256,624 | 0.3% |
| West Virginia | $243,397 | 0.3% |
| Idaho | $213,194 | 0.2% |
| Wyoming | $186,091 | 0.2% |
| Arkansas | $161,384 | 0.2% |
| North Dakota | $103,543 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $88,782 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $77,682 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $74,195 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $62,246 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $46,500 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $40,045 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $35,340 | 0.0% |
| AE | $3,550 | 0.0% |
| AP | $1,433 | 0.0% |
| GU | $1,367 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $1,105 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $497 | 0.0% |
| AA | $302 | 0.0% |
| MP | $146 | 0.0% |