Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, 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
- $24.5M
- Providers paid
- 2,136
- Transactions
- 4,999
- Average per transaction
- $4,895
The average per transaction — $4,895 — 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 | $13,341,964 | 54.5% |
| Texas | $2,269,063 | 9.3% |
| Massachusetts | $1,705,228 | 7.0% |
| Oregon | $1,331,108 | 5.4% |
| Missouri | $1,120,044 | 4.6% |
| North Carolina | $1,013,880 | 4.1% |
| South Carolina | $685,784 | 2.8% |
| Florida | $545,859 | 2.2% |
| Kansas | $377,283 | 1.5% |
| Ohio | $354,669 | 1.4% |
| New Jersey | $333,475 | 1.4% |
| Wisconsin | $327,631 | 1.3% |
| Maryland | $264,417 | 1.1% |
| Oklahoma | $244,478 | 1.0% |
| Pennsylvania | $182,593 | 0.7% |
| New Mexico | $120,446 | 0.5% |
| Montana | $83,461 | 0.3% |
| Washington | $76,244 | 0.3% |
| Michigan | $38,395 | 0.2% |
| New York | $12,408 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | $9,426 | 0.0% |
| Illinois | $7,367 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | $5,163 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | $4,165 | 0.0% |
| Colorado | $4,008 | 0.0% |
| Arizona | $2,759 | 0.0% |
| Nevada | $1,229 | 0.0% |
| Utah | $1,171 | 0.0% |
| Virginia | $1,134 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $788 | 0.0% |
| Louisiana | $702 | 0.0% |
| Kentucky | $660 | 0.0% |
| Alabama | $592 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $455 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | $443 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | $417 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $284 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $266 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $249 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $135 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $82 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $41 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $14 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $14 | 0.0% |