Intuitive Surgical: 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
- $349.9M
- Providers paid
- 48,092
- Transactions
- 660,652
- Average per transaction
- $530
The average per transaction — $530 — 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 | $41,673,780 | 11.9% |
| Texas | $40,817,212 | 11.7% |
| Florida | $31,586,172 | 9.0% |
| New York | $16,059,358 | 4.6% |
| Illinois | $15,028,426 | 4.3% |
| Arizona | $11,807,739 | 3.4% |
| Georgia | $11,474,366 | 3.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $11,309,622 | 3.2% |
| Ohio | $10,302,744 | 2.9% |
| Michigan | $10,276,906 | 2.9% |
| North Carolina | $9,265,292 | 2.6% |
| Nevada | $8,369,459 | 2.4% |
| New Jersey | $8,362,338 | 2.4% |
| Colorado | $8,067,464 | 2.3% |
| Washington | $7,768,759 | 2.2% |
| Tennessee | $7,008,931 | 2.0% |
| Missouri | $6,989,767 | 2.0% |
| Wisconsin | $6,638,302 | 1.9% |
| Massachusetts | $6,559,961 | 1.9% |
| Virginia | $5,482,941 | 1.6% |
| Louisiana | $5,449,868 | 1.6% |
| Alabama | $5,080,206 | 1.5% |
| Indiana | $5,053,670 | 1.4% |
| Maryland | $4,771,209 | 1.4% |
| Kentucky | $4,348,076 | 1.2% |
| Utah | $3,955,185 | 1.1% |
| South Carolina | $3,850,374 | 1.1% |
| Minnesota | $3,803,660 | 1.1% |
| Oregon | $3,533,178 | 1.0% |
| Oklahoma | $3,530,640 | 1.0% |
| New Mexico | $3,203,498 | 0.9% |
| Mississippi | $3,114,555 | 0.9% |
| Kansas | $3,011,479 | 0.9% |
| Connecticut | $2,795,951 | 0.8% |
| Arkansas | $2,591,807 | 0.7% |
| District of Columbia | $2,286,036 | 0.7% |
| Iowa | $2,175,877 | 0.6% |
| Nebraska | $1,485,202 | 0.4% |
| Idaho | $1,371,824 | 0.4% |
| West Virginia | $1,302,499 | 0.4% |
| New Hampshire | $1,266,504 | 0.4% |
| Montana | $1,172,286 | 0.3% |
| South Dakota | $1,121,518 | 0.3% |
| Puerto Rico | $850,732 | 0.2% |
| Maine | $802,884 | 0.2% |
| Hawaii | $619,295 | 0.2% |
| Delaware | $558,555 | 0.2% |
| North Dakota | $543,095 | 0.2% |
| Alaska | $540,634 | 0.2% |
| Rhode Island | $364,569 | 0.1% |
| Wyoming | $345,986 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $44,896 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $26,923 | 0.0% |
| AP | $13,177 | 0.0% |
| AE | $11,108 | 0.0% |
| GU | $2,697 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $235 | 0.0% |