Intuitive Surgical Operations, 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
- $3.3M
- Providers paid
- 62
- Transactions
- 248
- Average per transaction
- $13,230
The average per transaction — $13,230 — 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 | $687,887 | 21.0% |
| Georgia | $286,524 | 8.7% |
| Massachusetts | $274,636 | 8.4% |
| Texas | $267,557 | 8.2% |
| New York | $249,259 | 7.6% |
| Illinois | $241,545 | 7.4% |
| Florida | $188,984 | 5.8% |
| Ohio | $165,813 | 5.1% |
| Arizona | $112,143 | 3.4% |
| North Carolina | $110,828 | 3.4% |
| Utah | $107,530 | 3.3% |
| Washington | $86,578 | 2.6% |
| Maryland | $78,358 | 2.4% |
| Michigan | $77,622 | 2.4% |
| Missouri | $72,000 | 2.2% |
| Pennsylvania | $69,483 | 2.1% |
| District of Columbia | $59,680 | 1.8% |
| Hawaii | $56,599 | 1.7% |
| Virginia | $38,500 | 1.2% |
| Minnesota | $26,900 | 0.8% |
| Indiana | $22,500 | 0.7% |