Avanos Medical: 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
- $15M
- Providers paid
- 15,512
- Transactions
- 30,185
- Average per transaction
- $497
The average per transaction — $497 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | $1,563,320 | 10.4% |
| Pennsylvania | $1,330,004 | 8.9% |
| Texas | $1,289,385 | 8.6% |
| North Carolina | $1,238,925 | 8.3% |
| Virginia | $896,297 | 6.0% |
| California | $843,745 | 5.6% |
| District of Columbia | $675,111 | 4.5% |
| Washington | $638,931 | 4.3% |
| Indiana | $564,529 | 3.8% |
| Louisiana | $559,736 | 3.7% |
| New Jersey | $535,102 | 3.6% |
| Ohio | $484,513 | 3.2% |
| Alabama | $426,308 | 2.8% |
| Florida | $332,326 | 2.2% |
| Colorado | $329,604 | 2.2% |
| New York | $281,427 | 1.9% |
| Georgia | $274,465 | 1.8% |
| South Carolina | $268,940 | 1.8% |
| Wisconsin | $264,193 | 1.8% |
| Massachusetts | $254,858 | 1.7% |
| Missouri | $241,525 | 1.6% |
| Oregon | $237,720 | 1.6% |
| Arizona | $236,386 | 1.6% |
| West Virginia | $184,302 | 1.2% |
| Tennessee | $147,745 | 1.0% |
| Delaware | $145,995 | 1.0% |
| Michigan | $145,633 | 1.0% |
| Idaho | $113,131 | 0.8% |
| Oklahoma | $94,926 | 0.6% |
| Nevada | $81,290 | 0.5% |
| Kentucky | $58,432 | 0.4% |
| Utah | $58,081 | 0.4% |
| Minnesota | $50,884 | 0.3% |
| Maryland | $48,025 | 0.3% |
| Iowa | $44,024 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | $18,970 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $8,791 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $6,296 | 0.0% |
| Connecticut | $5,605 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $5,400 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | $5,108 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $4,882 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $4,857 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | $4,673 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $2,686 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $1,636 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $1,080 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $710 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $447 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $409 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $320 | 0.0% |
| GU | $294 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $288 | 0.0% |
| AA | $215 | 0.0% |
| AP | $73 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $50 | 0.0% |
| AE | $49 | 0.0% |