Biogen: 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
- $587.5M
- Providers paid
- 40,255
- Transactions
- 288,028
- Average per transaction
- $2,040
The average per transaction — $2,040 — 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 | $79,339,432 | 13.5% |
| California | $74,166,402 | 12.6% |
| New York | $40,109,274 | 6.8% |
| Massachusetts | $39,375,688 | 6.7% |
| Texas | $37,765,232 | 6.4% |
| Missouri | $27,665,026 | 4.7% |
| Pennsylvania | $22,091,231 | 3.8% |
| Connecticut | $19,396,649 | 3.3% |
| Ohio | $18,716,531 | 3.2% |
| New Jersey | $17,839,724 | 3.0% |
| Illinois | $16,137,731 | 2.7% |
| Tennessee | $15,480,800 | 2.6% |
| Georgia | $14,270,512 | 2.4% |
| Rhode Island | $13,888,622 | 2.4% |
| Washington | $13,662,433 | 2.3% |
| Nevada | $12,590,657 | 2.1% |
| Maryland | $12,029,169 | 2.0% |
| North Carolina | $10,989,594 | 1.9% |
| Arizona | $10,409,498 | 1.8% |
| Colorado | $10,074,434 | 1.7% |
| Utah | $8,723,525 | 1.5% |
| Virginia | $8,016,186 | 1.4% |
| Michigan | $7,759,068 | 1.3% |
| Kansas | $6,117,836 | 1.0% |
| Oregon | $5,530,588 | 0.9% |
| Minnesota | $4,930,433 | 0.8% |
| Wisconsin | $4,913,600 | 0.8% |
| Indiana | $4,552,965 | 0.8% |
| South Carolina | $3,650,496 | 0.6% |
| District of Columbia | $3,553,146 | 0.6% |
| Alabama | $3,350,102 | 0.6% |
| Nebraska | $3,289,392 | 0.6% |
| Mississippi | $2,742,056 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | $2,629,760 | 0.4% |
| Hawaii | $2,038,424 | 0.3% |
| Louisiana | $2,016,851 | 0.3% |
| Kentucky | $1,470,663 | 0.3% |
| New Hampshire | $1,123,859 | 0.2% |
| Puerto Rico | $1,026,024 | 0.2% |
| Iowa | $785,162 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $605,191 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $540,567 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $441,641 | 0.1% |
| Wyoming | $425,429 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $317,146 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $270,603 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $235,847 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $199,636 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $155,632 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $23,215 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $10,126 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $6,078 | 0.0% |
| GU | $2,122 | 0.0% |
| AP | $1,323 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $81 | 0.0% |
| AE | $42 | 0.0% |