Align Technology, 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
- $93.4M
- Providers paid
- 60,022
- Transactions
- 335,983
- Average per transaction
- $278
The average per transaction — $278 — 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 | $16,110,311 | 17.3% |
| Illinois | $14,816,683 | 15.9% |
| New York | $10,275,020 | 11.0% |
| Texas | $6,935,378 | 7.4% |
| New Jersey | $5,608,464 | 6.0% |
| Missouri | $4,348,790 | 4.7% |
| Florida | $3,980,338 | 4.3% |
| North Carolina | $3,579,757 | 3.8% |
| Oklahoma | $3,505,329 | 3.8% |
| Pennsylvania | $2,755,124 | 3.0% |
| Virginia | $2,654,745 | 2.8% |
| Minnesota | $2,610,199 | 2.8% |
| Kentucky | $1,937,703 | 2.1% |
| Hawaii | $1,792,988 | 1.9% |
| Washington | $1,445,498 | 1.5% |
| Arizona | $990,844 | 1.1% |
| Maryland | $940,500 | 1.0% |
| Ohio | $931,776 | 1.0% |
| Massachusetts | $845,322 | 0.9% |
| Georgia | $833,493 | 0.9% |
| Colorado | $762,081 | 0.8% |
| Michigan | $715,938 | 0.8% |
| Alabama | $457,175 | 0.5% |
| Connecticut | $396,674 | 0.4% |
| Tennessee | $378,012 | 0.4% |
| Utah | $371,294 | 0.4% |
| Wisconsin | $361,951 | 0.4% |
| Nevada | $308,588 | 0.3% |
| South Carolina | $296,081 | 0.3% |
| District of Columbia | $283,531 | 0.3% |
| Indiana | $266,105 | 0.3% |
| Oregon | $240,298 | 0.3% |
| New Hampshire | $172,332 | 0.2% |
| Louisiana | $164,542 | 0.2% |
| Kansas | $158,855 | 0.2% |
| Arkansas | $150,560 | 0.2% |
| Puerto Rico | $146,360 | 0.2% |
| Iowa | $123,660 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $112,041 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $109,337 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $108,043 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $71,488 | 0.1% |
| Mississippi | $54,430 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $47,439 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $37,022 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $34,646 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $33,616 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $26,272 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $24,206 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $23,313 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $17,710 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $15,001 | 0.0% |
| AE | $2,350 | 0.0% |
| AP | $1,505 | 0.0% |
| AA | $504 | 0.0% |
| GU | $345 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $244 | 0.0% |