Covidien LP: 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
- $15M
- Providers paid
- 11,900
- Transactions
- 28,751
- Average per transaction
- $521
The average per transaction — $521 — 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 | $1,498,174 | 10.0% |
| Connecticut | $1,456,253 | 9.7% |
| New York | $1,243,596 | 8.3% |
| Ohio | $1,058,108 | 7.1% |
| North Carolina | $1,018,858 | 6.8% |
| Florida | $710,745 | 4.7% |
| Massachusetts | $707,716 | 4.7% |
| Illinois | $700,000 | 4.7% |
| Texas | $694,281 | 4.6% |
| Colorado | $611,533 | 4.1% |
| Virginia | $569,312 | 3.8% |
| Pennsylvania | $456,007 | 3.0% |
| Tennessee | $367,611 | 2.5% |
| Michigan | $349,845 | 2.3% |
| Maryland | $319,432 | 2.1% |
| Indiana | $316,492 | 2.1% |
| Arizona | $258,782 | 1.7% |
| Georgia | $257,950 | 1.7% |
| Minnesota | $249,754 | 1.7% |
| New Jersey | $202,407 | 1.4% |
| Missouri | $201,355 | 1.3% |
| Utah | $171,889 | 1.1% |
| Washington | $171,399 | 1.1% |
| Louisiana | $165,388 | 1.1% |
| Kansas | $163,953 | 1.1% |
| South Carolina | $157,293 | 1.0% |
| Wisconsin | $139,019 | 0.9% |
| Alabama | $83,878 | 0.6% |
| Kentucky | $70,954 | 0.5% |
| Puerto Rico | $70,552 | 0.5% |
| Nevada | $67,484 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | $65,027 | 0.4% |
| Rhode Island | $58,058 | 0.4% |
| Montana | $53,515 | 0.4% |
| Maine | $50,514 | 0.3% |
| Arkansas | $49,900 | 0.3% |
| Oregon | $38,111 | 0.3% |
| District of Columbia | $29,476 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $22,772 | 0.2% |
| Iowa | $21,650 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $19,293 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $18,135 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $18,046 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $14,456 | 0.1% |
| Mississippi | $6,929 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $5,354 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $4,093 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $3,015 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $1,244 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $1,211 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $1,003 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $195 | 0.0% |
| AE | $66 | 0.0% |