Bausch & Lomb Americas 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
- $63.5M
- Providers paid
- 41,122
- Transactions
- 289,773
- Average per transaction
- $219
The average per transaction — $219 — 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 | $7,141,705 | 11.2% |
| Florida | $5,966,390 | 9.4% |
| Texas | $4,993,545 | 7.9% |
| New York | $3,681,648 | 5.8% |
| North Carolina | $3,228,383 | 5.1% |
| Tennessee | $2,996,497 | 4.7% |
| Illinois | $2,790,117 | 4.4% |
| Minnesota | $2,773,076 | 4.4% |
| Ohio | $2,190,963 | 3.5% |
| Pennsylvania | $2,164,855 | 3.4% |
| Massachusetts | $2,060,702 | 3.2% |
| Colorado | $2,046,223 | 3.2% |
| Virginia | $1,961,809 | 3.1% |
| Georgia | $1,949,422 | 3.1% |
| New Jersey | $1,517,671 | 2.4% |
| Arizona | $1,371,391 | 2.2% |
| South Carolina | $1,333,150 | 2.1% |
| Missouri | $1,229,665 | 1.9% |
| Michigan | $1,138,617 | 1.8% |
| Kentucky | $1,125,196 | 1.8% |
| Maryland | $931,073 | 1.5% |
| Wisconsin | $798,443 | 1.3% |
| Oklahoma | $765,652 | 1.2% |
| Indiana | $709,859 | 1.1% |
| South Dakota | $623,647 | 1.0% |
| Nevada | $604,766 | 1.0% |
| Kansas | $576,083 | 0.9% |
| Washington | $538,929 | 0.8% |
| Louisiana | $519,714 | 0.8% |
| Alabama | $509,548 | 0.8% |
| Utah | $460,878 | 0.7% |
| Oregon | $382,373 | 0.6% |
| Connecticut | $372,983 | 0.6% |
| Rhode Island | $317,837 | 0.5% |
| Nebraska | $229,797 | 0.4% |
| Arkansas | $214,719 | 0.3% |
| Hawaii | $214,386 | 0.3% |
| North Dakota | $205,517 | 0.3% |
| District of Columbia | $144,048 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | $128,686 | 0.2% |
| Maine | $110,661 | 0.2% |
| West Virginia | $79,438 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $78,445 | 0.1% |
| Iowa | $67,048 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $63,640 | 0.1% |
| Puerto Rico | $62,542 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $42,481 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $22,396 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $16,953 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $10,099 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $6,141 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $3,513 | 0.0% |
| AE | $1,242 | 0.0% |
| AP | $592 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $402 | 0.0% |
| AA | $284 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $224 | 0.0% |
| GU | $166 | 0.0% |