BD: 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
- $91.7M
- Providers paid
- 26,479
- Transactions
- 45,911
- Average per transaction
- $1,996
The average per transaction — $1,996 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | $26,172,429 | 28.6% |
| Pennsylvania | $9,307,651 | 10.2% |
| Texas | $8,394,347 | 9.2% |
| Ohio | $7,240,583 | 7.9% |
| New Jersey | $6,584,270 | 7.2% |
| Georgia | $4,697,058 | 5.1% |
| California | $4,295,052 | 4.7% |
| Maryland | $3,893,236 | 4.2% |
| Louisiana | $2,338,271 | 2.6% |
| Rhode Island | $1,772,695 | 1.9% |
| New York | $1,663,731 | 1.8% |
| Indiana | $1,607,581 | 1.8% |
| North Carolina | $1,355,145 | 1.5% |
| Alabama | $1,236,898 | 1.3% |
| Illinois | $1,078,739 | 1.2% |
| Tennessee | $994,551 | 1.1% |
| Michigan | $896,629 | 1.0% |
| South Carolina | $882,269 | 1.0% |
| Missouri | $825,708 | 0.9% |
| Washington | $804,659 | 0.9% |
| Utah | $777,758 | 0.8% |
| Arizona | $735,955 | 0.8% |
| Minnesota | $625,144 | 0.7% |
| Massachusetts | $516,220 | 0.6% |
| Connecticut | $406,111 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | $246,500 | 0.3% |
| Oregon | $243,412 | 0.3% |
| Idaho | $237,971 | 0.3% |
| Virginia | $231,282 | 0.3% |
| Hawaii | $220,148 | 0.2% |
| Kentucky | $214,973 | 0.2% |
| Nevada | $191,918 | 0.2% |
| Arkansas | $170,379 | 0.2% |
| Montana | $143,059 | 0.2% |
| Kansas | $98,762 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $98,087 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $92,613 | 0.1% |
| Wisconsin | $79,690 | 0.1% |
| Colorado | $70,311 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $51,102 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | $43,805 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $40,683 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $18,398 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $15,058 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $9,348 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $6,953 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $6,847 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $6,729 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $4,610 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $3,181 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $1,422 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $881 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $728 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $300 | 0.0% |
| AE | $176 | 0.0% |
| AP | $159 | 0.0% |
| GU | $17 | 0.0% |