Edwards Lifesciences: 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
- $418M
- Providers paid
- 55,363
- Transactions
- 376,067
- Average per transaction
- $1,112
The average per transaction — $1,112 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $51,642,827 | 12.4% |
| California | $50,271,088 | 12.0% |
| Pennsylvania | $25,644,344 | 6.1% |
| Texas | $25,345,501 | 6.1% |
| Minnesota | $22,088,547 | 5.3% |
| Florida | $21,751,163 | 5.2% |
| Georgia | $19,331,974 | 4.6% |
| Illinois | $17,730,081 | 4.2% |
| Ohio | $16,323,597 | 3.9% |
| Tennessee | $15,052,893 | 3.6% |
| Massachusetts | $14,101,024 | 3.4% |
| New Jersey | $11,936,415 | 2.9% |
| Oregon | $10,173,718 | 2.4% |
| Missouri | $10,074,702 | 2.4% |
| North Carolina | $9,984,587 | 2.4% |
| Michigan | $9,880,272 | 2.4% |
| Colorado | $8,174,842 | 2.0% |
| Virginia | $7,782,132 | 1.9% |
| Oklahoma | $7,765,897 | 1.9% |
| Maryland | $7,359,898 | 1.8% |
| Washington | $6,138,544 | 1.5% |
| Arizona | $5,890,736 | 1.4% |
| District of Columbia | $5,601,915 | 1.3% |
| Kansas | $5,481,874 | 1.3% |
| Indiana | $4,051,242 | 1.0% |
| Connecticut | $3,285,197 | 0.8% |
| Utah | $3,238,052 | 0.8% |
| Wisconsin | $2,878,293 | 0.7% |
| Louisiana | $2,553,124 | 0.6% |
| South Carolina | $2,484,742 | 0.6% |
| New Hampshire | $2,268,672 | 0.5% |
| Alabama | $2,059,324 | 0.5% |
| Montana | $2,034,177 | 0.5% |
| Maine | $1,177,710 | 0.3% |
| Iowa | $1,115,412 | 0.3% |
| Nevada | $1,093,770 | 0.3% |
| Arkansas | $892,154 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $745,003 | 0.2% |
| Kentucky | $634,886 | 0.2% |
| North Dakota | $508,411 | 0.1% |
| Mississippi | $307,448 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $251,061 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $250,430 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $161,252 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $127,085 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $126,029 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $65,647 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $47,265 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $43,648 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $43,365 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $21,979 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $7,804 | 0.0% |
| AP | $363 | 0.0% |
| AE | $225 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $216 | 0.0% |
| GU | $210 | 0.0% |