American Orthodontics Corporation: 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
- $2.5M
- Providers paid
- 6,397
- Transactions
- 31,825
- Average per transaction
- $80
The average per transaction — $80 — 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 | $367,489 | 14.5% |
| Texas | $255,152 | 10.1% |
| New York | $122,839 | 4.8% |
| Wisconsin | $118,186 | 4.7% |
| Missouri | $99,058 | 3.9% |
| Arizona | $96,037 | 3.8% |
| Minnesota | $83,283 | 3.3% |
| Illinois | $82,212 | 3.2% |
| Colorado | $79,270 | 3.1% |
| New Jersey | $74,826 | 3.0% |
| North Carolina | $71,235 | 2.8% |
| Indiana | $70,946 | 2.8% |
| Washington | $70,612 | 2.8% |
| Michigan | $66,591 | 2.6% |
| Florida | $64,544 | 2.5% |
| Georgia | $64,095 | 2.5% |
| Virginia | $61,959 | 2.4% |
| Massachusetts | $61,505 | 2.4% |
| Ohio | $59,180 | 2.3% |
| Oregon | $39,204 | 1.5% |
| Pennsylvania | $38,642 | 1.5% |
| Tennessee | $37,286 | 1.5% |
| Louisiana | $31,804 | 1.3% |
| Utah | $28,146 | 1.1% |
| Oklahoma | $27,545 | 1.1% |
| Kansas | $27,195 | 1.1% |
| Nevada | $25,128 | 1.0% |
| Kentucky | $23,192 | 0.9% |
| Connecticut | $21,282 | 0.8% |
| Idaho | $20,998 | 0.8% |
| Alabama | $20,429 | 0.8% |
| Nebraska | $20,281 | 0.8% |
| South Carolina | $17,931 | 0.7% |
| Maryland | $17,358 | 0.7% |
| Iowa | $16,267 | 0.6% |
| North Dakota | $15,911 | 0.6% |
| South Dakota | $15,814 | 0.6% |
| New Mexico | $14,931 | 0.6% |
| Maine | $14,263 | 0.6% |
| Mississippi | $14,053 | 0.6% |
| West Virginia | $14,036 | 0.6% |
| Arkansas | $13,501 | 0.5% |
| Montana | $11,019 | 0.4% |
| Vermont | $9,073 | 0.4% |
| New Hampshire | $8,160 | 0.3% |
| Hawaii | $5,215 | 0.2% |
| Alaska | $4,385 | 0.2% |
| Delaware | $4,125 | 0.2% |
| Rhode Island | $3,104 | 0.1% |
| Wyoming | $2,848 | 0.1% |
| GU | $2,104 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $591 | 0.0% |
| AP | $457 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $335 | 0.0% |
| AE | $48 | 0.0% |