Bayer: 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
- $390.7M
- Providers paid
- 157,573
- Transactions
- 920,652
- Average per transaction
- $424
The average per transaction — $424 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $49,277,835 | 12.6% |
| Texas | $47,658,840 | 12.2% |
| California | $40,656,262 | 10.4% |
| Florida | $39,981,333 | 10.2% |
| South Carolina | $17,336,215 | 4.4% |
| Maryland | $16,233,029 | 4.2% |
| Massachusetts | $14,145,469 | 3.6% |
| North Carolina | $12,566,894 | 3.2% |
| Pennsylvania | $10,918,017 | 2.8% |
| Illinois | $9,926,140 | 2.5% |
| Ohio | $9,791,248 | 2.5% |
| Colorado | $9,244,746 | 2.4% |
| Arizona | $7,758,216 | 2.0% |
| Missouri | $7,696,775 | 2.0% |
| Michigan | $7,599,562 | 1.9% |
| Washington | $7,107,203 | 1.8% |
| Georgia | $6,857,221 | 1.8% |
| Virginia | $6,759,099 | 1.7% |
| Tennessee | $6,089,885 | 1.6% |
| Indiana | $5,838,614 | 1.5% |
| New Jersey | $5,484,098 | 1.4% |
| Minnesota | $5,400,473 | 1.4% |
| Nevada | $5,160,002 | 1.3% |
| Nebraska | $4,260,176 | 1.1% |
| Louisiana | $4,120,331 | 1.1% |
| Connecticut | $3,937,512 | 1.0% |
| Utah | $3,349,535 | 0.9% |
| Alabama | $3,165,870 | 0.8% |
| Oregon | $2,539,045 | 0.6% |
| District of Columbia | $2,271,770 | 0.6% |
| Kentucky | $2,105,111 | 0.5% |
| Kansas | $1,857,240 | 0.5% |
| New Mexico | $1,672,649 | 0.4% |
| Hawaii | $1,517,284 | 0.4% |
| Wisconsin | $1,145,442 | 0.3% |
| South Dakota | $1,111,769 | 0.3% |
| Alaska | $1,008,091 | 0.3% |
| Oklahoma | $1,004,086 | 0.3% |
| Puerto Rico | $958,141 | 0.2% |
| Iowa | $951,918 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | $861,480 | 0.2% |
| Rhode Island | $852,544 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $618,707 | 0.2% |
| Arkansas | $443,378 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $382,418 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $298,624 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $235,048 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $190,631 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $173,643 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $166,557 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $33,432 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $16,463 | 0.0% |
| GU | $1,129 | 0.0% |
| AE | $374 | 0.0% |
| AP | $369 | 0.0% |
| XX | $176 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $84 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $22 | 0.0% |