Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology 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
- $1.4M
- Providers paid
- 337
- Transactions
- 812
- Average per transaction
- $1,718
The average per transaction — $1,718 — 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 | $476,797 | 34.2% |
| Iowa | $343,889 | 24.7% |
| Virginia | $121,104 | 8.7% |
| Minnesota | $105,706 | 7.6% |
| Pennsylvania | $101,831 | 7.3% |
| Wisconsin | $92,394 | 6.6% |
| Alabama | $78,950 | 5.7% |
| New York | $26,902 | 1.9% |
| California | $16,692 | 1.2% |
| Nevada | $15,838 | 1.1% |
| Texas | $7,388 | 0.5% |
| North Carolina | $2,322 | 0.2% |
| Georgia | $740 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | $582 | 0.0% |
| Michigan | $438 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $407 | 0.0% |
| Illinois | $394 | 0.0% |
| New Jersey | $299 | 0.0% |
| Ohio | $290 | 0.0% |
| Colorado | $276 | 0.0% |
| Missouri | $206 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | $200 | 0.0% |
| Maryland | $194 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | $184 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $177 | 0.0% |
| South Carolina | $161 | 0.0% |
| Washington | $147 | 0.0% |
| Kentucky | $136 | 0.0% |
| Arizona | $129 | 0.0% |
| Massachusetts | $100 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $83 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $32 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | $32 | 0.0% |
| Utah | $26 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $20 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $18 | 0.0% |