GSK: 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
- $1.5B
- Providers paid
- 216,975
- Transactions
- 2,372,328
- Average per transaction
- $637
The average per transaction — $637 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | $164,233,261 | 10.9% |
| Texas | $163,480,791 | 10.8% |
| Florida | $160,727,918 | 10.6% |
| California | $155,848,349 | 10.3% |
| Massachusetts | $96,341,250 | 6.4% |
| New York | $94,701,466 | 6.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $71,964,115 | 4.8% |
| North Carolina | $52,929,396 | 3.5% |
| Minnesota | $45,555,595 | 3.0% |
| Ohio | $37,608,660 | 2.5% |
| Alabama | $30,004,016 | 2.0% |
| Georgia | $29,015,966 | 1.9% |
| Maryland | $28,224,390 | 1.9% |
| Washington | $23,818,922 | 1.6% |
| Tennessee | $23,632,882 | 1.6% |
| Kansas | $22,356,108 | 1.5% |
| Michigan | $20,360,356 | 1.3% |
| Virginia | $19,507,077 | 1.3% |
| Oklahoma | $18,336,713 | 1.2% |
| South Carolina | $18,224,543 | 1.2% |
| Louisiana | $17,906,673 | 1.2% |
| Missouri | $16,741,257 | 1.1% |
| New Jersey | $16,728,423 | 1.1% |
| Nevada | $16,629,862 | 1.1% |
| Colorado | $15,734,819 | 1.0% |
| Utah | $14,911,507 | 1.0% |
| Illinois | $14,530,115 | 1.0% |
| Indiana | $14,371,980 | 1.0% |
| Oregon | $13,525,791 | 0.9% |
| District of Columbia | $11,440,767 | 0.8% |
| Wisconsin | $10,879,361 | 0.7% |
| Nebraska | $10,466,747 | 0.7% |
| Connecticut | $10,345,223 | 0.7% |
| Kentucky | $9,194,204 | 0.6% |
| Hawaii | $5,846,326 | 0.4% |
| Idaho | $5,818,992 | 0.4% |
| Mississippi | $4,424,295 | 0.3% |
| Arkansas | $3,779,580 | 0.3% |
| Iowa | $3,700,378 | 0.2% |
| Rhode Island | $3,676,220 | 0.2% |
| Puerto Rico | $2,843,091 | 0.2% |
| South Dakota | $2,101,881 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $1,742,480 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $1,684,098 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $1,462,020 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $1,235,755 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $1,102,103 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $888,060 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $321,448 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $194,907 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $86,110 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $76,501 | 0.0% |
| AP | $6,450 | 0.0% |
| AE | $662 | 0.0% |
| GU | $632 | 0.0% |
| XX | $525 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $524 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $202 | 0.0% |
| MP | $156 | 0.0% |