Great Lakes Orthopedics: 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
- $536K
- Providers paid
- 365
- Transactions
- 1,249
- Average per transaction
- $429
The average per transaction — $429 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | $421,353 | 78.5% |
| Illinois | $40,505 | 7.6% |
| Michigan | $9,021 | 1.7% |
| Colorado | $6,609 | 1.2% |
| Georgia | $6,424 | 1.2% |
| Arizona | $6,380 | 1.2% |
| Nebraska | $5,093 | 0.9% |
| North Carolina | $4,471 | 0.8% |
| New York | $4,283 | 0.8% |
| Florida | $3,831 | 0.7% |
| Minnesota | $3,766 | 0.7% |
| Louisiana | $3,691 | 0.7% |
| New Jersey | $3,416 | 0.6% |
| Texas | $2,825 | 0.5% |
| Washington | $2,552 | 0.5% |
| Missouri | $2,443 | 0.5% |
| California | $2,186 | 0.4% |
| Indiana | $1,257 | 0.2% |
| Kentucky | $1,200 | 0.2% |
| Utah | $1,200 | 0.2% |
| Ohio | $1,141 | 0.2% |
| Tennessee | $982 | 0.2% |
| Kansas | $971 | 0.2% |
| Iowa | $595 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $230 | 0.0% |