Geistlich Pharma, North America, 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
- $6.5M
- Providers paid
- 5,346
- Transactions
- 12,418
- Average per transaction
- $525
The average per transaction — $525 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | $1,462,746 | 22.4% |
| Texas | $1,077,681 | 16.5% |
| California | $713,515 | 10.9% |
| Massachusetts | $536,164 | 8.2% |
| Pennsylvania | $372,663 | 5.7% |
| Michigan | $345,336 | 5.3% |
| Ohio | $343,346 | 5.3% |
| New York | $333,921 | 5.1% |
| Florida | $201,392 | 3.1% |
| Washington | $132,391 | 2.0% |
| Maryland | $126,944 | 1.9% |
| North Carolina | $111,295 | 1.7% |
| Colorado | $94,620 | 1.5% |
| Georgia | $89,154 | 1.4% |
| South Carolina | $70,668 | 1.1% |
| Missouri | $58,903 | 0.9% |
| Illinois | $53,782 | 0.8% |
| Minnesota | $49,482 | 0.8% |
| New Jersey | $47,818 | 0.7% |
| New Hampshire | $46,530 | 0.7% |
| Connecticut | $46,489 | 0.7% |
| Wisconsin | $40,704 | 0.6% |
| Indiana | $34,391 | 0.5% |
| Iowa | $29,769 | 0.5% |
| Arizona | $21,714 | 0.3% |
| Louisiana | $11,601 | 0.2% |
| Kentucky | $4,924 | 0.1% |
| Tennessee | $4,337 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | $4,319 | 0.1% |
| Oregon | $4,062 | 0.1% |
| Utah | $3,999 | 0.1% |
| Nevada | $3,571 | 0.1% |
| Alabama | $3,418 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $2,870 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $2,715 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $2,286 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | $1,974 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $1,955 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $1,761 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $1,462 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $1,367 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $916 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $755 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $672 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $496 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | $494 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $479 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $352 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $280 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $274 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $175 | 0.0% |
| AE | $131 | 0.0% |
| AP | $112 | 0.0% |