Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, 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
- $2.6M
- Providers paid
- 4,958
- Transactions
- 10,869
- Average per transaction
- $242
The average per transaction — $242 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| California | $403,741 | 15.3% |
| Texas | $243,913 | 9.3% |
| New York | $212,125 | 8.0% |
| Colorado | $211,850 | 8.0% |
| Florida | $211,177 | 8.0% |
| Illinois | $151,549 | 5.8% |
| Ohio | $95,404 | 3.6% |
| Arizona | $91,815 | 3.5% |
| Washington | $90,194 | 3.4% |
| Maryland | $77,017 | 2.9% |
| Pennsylvania | $68,561 | 2.6% |
| Kansas | $51,404 | 2.0% |
| Tennessee | $47,793 | 1.8% |
| Missouri | $45,842 | 1.7% |
| West Virginia | $44,630 | 1.7% |
| Georgia | $42,181 | 1.6% |
| Indiana | $40,025 | 1.5% |
| Michigan | $38,413 | 1.5% |
| North Carolina | $33,707 | 1.3% |
| Kentucky | $31,419 | 1.2% |
| Virginia | $29,753 | 1.1% |
| Wisconsin | $28,848 | 1.1% |
| New Jersey | $28,617 | 1.1% |
| Nevada | $25,434 | 1.0% |
| Oregon | $23,639 | 0.9% |
| Alabama | $22,460 | 0.9% |
| Massachusetts | $21,980 | 0.8% |
| South Carolina | $17,611 | 0.7% |
| Connecticut | $17,443 | 0.7% |
| Louisiana | $16,306 | 0.6% |
| Minnesota | $16,205 | 0.6% |
| Iowa | $15,755 | 0.6% |
| Hawaii | $15,648 | 0.6% |
| Mississippi | $14,509 | 0.6% |
| Oklahoma | $14,470 | 0.5% |
| Utah | $14,184 | 0.5% |
| New Mexico | $12,173 | 0.5% |
| Montana | $7,822 | 0.3% |
| Arkansas | $7,540 | 0.3% |
| New Hampshire | $7,322 | 0.3% |
| Puerto Rico | $6,859 | 0.3% |
| Maine | $6,843 | 0.3% |
| South Dakota | $6,376 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $5,639 | 0.2% |
| Alaska | $5,484 | 0.2% |
| Delaware | $3,744 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $3,077 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $2,648 | 0.1% |
| North Dakota | $2,208 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $866 | 0.0% |
| AE | $174 | 0.0% |
| MP | $149 | 0.0% |
| GU | $100 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $68 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $15 | 0.0% |