Cochlear Americas: 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
- $19.7M
- Providers paid
- 2,222
- Transactions
- 10,496
- Average per transaction
- $1,877
The average per transaction — $1,877 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | $3,021,525 | 15.3% |
| Ohio | $2,278,552 | 11.6% |
| Colorado | $2,227,704 | 11.3% |
| Arizona | $1,876,923 | 9.5% |
| New York | $1,845,056 | 9.4% |
| Minnesota | $1,225,736 | 6.2% |
| California | $1,209,674 | 6.1% |
| Washington | $871,158 | 4.4% |
| Michigan | $760,509 | 3.9% |
| Missouri | $715,827 | 3.6% |
| Pennsylvania | $698,381 | 3.5% |
| Louisiana | $471,328 | 2.4% |
| Kansas | $398,712 | 2.0% |
| North Carolina | $335,724 | 1.7% |
| Indiana | $328,818 | 1.7% |
| Texas | $290,914 | 1.5% |
| Utah | $286,952 | 1.5% |
| Wisconsin | $222,398 | 1.1% |
| Florida | $92,423 | 0.5% |
| Massachusetts | $73,162 | 0.4% |
| Tennessee | $62,709 | 0.3% |
| Virginia | $59,271 | 0.3% |
| Oklahoma | $56,917 | 0.3% |
| District of Columbia | $54,091 | 0.3% |
| South Carolina | $50,023 | 0.3% |
| Illinois | $48,541 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $31,754 | 0.2% |
| Georgia | $17,122 | 0.1% |
| Kentucky | $14,485 | 0.1% |
| Alabama | $12,479 | 0.1% |
| North Dakota | $12,037 | 0.1% |
| Maryland | $10,297 | 0.1% |
| Oregon | $8,294 | 0.0% |
| New Jersey | $6,553 | 0.0% |
| Connecticut | $5,582 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $3,224 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $2,898 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $2,173 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $1,954 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | $1,700 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $1,488 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $1,403 | 0.0% |
| Nevada | $1,209 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $831 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $820 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $800 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $746 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $574 | 0.0% |
| AP | $396 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $347 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $323 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $230 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $62 | 0.0% |
| AE | $31 | 0.0% |