Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, 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
- 18,206
- Transactions
- 47,296
- Average per transaction
- $29
The average per transaction — $29 — 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 | $202,141 | 14.9% |
| New York | $88,996 | 6.6% |
| Texas | $78,028 | 5.8% |
| North Carolina | $69,424 | 5.1% |
| Ohio | $63,616 | 4.7% |
| Florida | $58,348 | 4.3% |
| Missouri | $55,840 | 4.1% |
| Pennsylvania | $51,529 | 3.8% |
| Illinois | $43,345 | 3.2% |
| Tennessee | $42,548 | 3.1% |
| Washington | $37,933 | 2.8% |
| Oregon | $35,699 | 2.6% |
| New Jersey | $34,318 | 2.5% |
| Virginia | $30,560 | 2.3% |
| Massachusetts | $30,547 | 2.3% |
| Arizona | $29,087 | 2.2% |
| Michigan | $28,845 | 2.1% |
| Georgia | $28,277 | 2.1% |
| Wisconsin | $27,651 | 2.0% |
| Kansas | $23,595 | 1.7% |
| Arkansas | $22,870 | 1.7% |
| Kentucky | $22,791 | 1.7% |
| Minnesota | $22,643 | 1.7% |
| Maryland | $20,403 | 1.5% |
| Indiana | $17,622 | 1.3% |
| Alabama | $16,647 | 1.2% |
| Oklahoma | $15,310 | 1.1% |
| South Carolina | $14,860 | 1.1% |
| Colorado | $14,429 | 1.1% |
| Connecticut | $13,066 | 1.0% |
| Nevada | $12,268 | 0.9% |
| Mississippi | $9,882 | 0.7% |
| Idaho | $9,174 | 0.7% |
| New Mexico | $8,189 | 0.6% |
| Louisiana | $6,902 | 0.5% |
| Utah | $6,849 | 0.5% |
| Iowa | $6,109 | 0.5% |
| West Virginia | $6,066 | 0.4% |
| Hawaii | $5,411 | 0.4% |
| District of Columbia | $4,855 | 0.4% |
| Alaska | $4,230 | 0.3% |
| Nebraska | $4,221 | 0.3% |
| Maine | $3,573 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | $3,559 | 0.3% |
| Montana | $3,529 | 0.3% |
| Delaware | $3,074 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $2,515 | 0.2% |
| North Dakota | $2,319 | 0.2% |
| Vermont | $2,103 | 0.2% |
| Puerto Rico | $1,439 | 0.1% |
| AE | $1,390 | 0.1% |
| Wyoming | $1,118 | 0.1% |
| AP | $722 | 0.1% |
| AA | $504 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $384 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $361 | 0.0% |
| MP | $79 | 0.0% |