Biolase, 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
- $4M
- Providers paid
- 5,328
- Transactions
- 8,896
- Average per transaction
- $448
The average per transaction — $448 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | $867,433 | 21.8% |
| California | $853,900 | 21.4% |
| New York | $233,254 | 5.8% |
| Massachusetts | $200,761 | 5.0% |
| Florida | $186,515 | 4.7% |
| West Virginia | $184,201 | 4.6% |
| Virginia | $180,209 | 4.5% |
| Colorado | $177,863 | 4.5% |
| Pennsylvania | $173,492 | 4.4% |
| Georgia | $139,907 | 3.5% |
| Arizona | $132,403 | 3.3% |
| Maryland | $111,994 | 2.8% |
| Washington | $104,497 | 2.6% |
| New Jersey | $69,202 | 1.7% |
| Illinois | $62,774 | 1.6% |
| Michigan | $42,309 | 1.1% |
| Montana | $37,695 | 0.9% |
| North Carolina | $34,375 | 0.9% |
| Ohio | $30,190 | 0.8% |
| Mississippi | $17,468 | 0.4% |
| Indiana | $17,274 | 0.4% |
| South Carolina | $15,173 | 0.4% |
| Tennessee | $13,925 | 0.3% |
| Utah | $11,380 | 0.3% |
| Wisconsin | $11,325 | 0.3% |
| Kentucky | $9,155 | 0.2% |
| Louisiana | $7,663 | 0.2% |
| Minnesota | $7,392 | 0.2% |
| Iowa | $6,007 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $5,896 | 0.1% |
| Nevada | $5,894 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $5,301 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $4,350 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $3,916 | 0.1% |
| Oregon | $3,355 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $3,121 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $2,712 | 0.1% |
| Kansas | $2,642 | 0.1% |
| Missouri | $1,904 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | $1,893 | 0.0% |
| Alabama | $1,586 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $1,365 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $1,077 | 0.0% |
| AE | $605 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $604 | 0.0% |
| Connecticut | $583 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $324 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $300 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $291 | 0.0% |
| AP | $189 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $187 | 0.0% |
| AA | $118 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $73 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $56 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $14 | 0.0% |