Kala Pharmaceuticals, 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
- $7.6M
- Providers paid
- 10,562
- Transactions
- 37,492
- Average per transaction
- $202
The average per transaction — $202 — 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 | $1,714,909 | 22.6% |
| Texas | $742,898 | 9.8% |
| Florida | $632,014 | 8.3% |
| Kentucky | $515,553 | 6.8% |
| Arizona | $429,628 | 5.7% |
| North Carolina | $412,932 | 5.4% |
| Missouri | $351,946 | 4.6% |
| Pennsylvania | $343,825 | 4.5% |
| New York | $325,731 | 4.3% |
| Ohio | $235,473 | 3.1% |
| Tennessee | $213,469 | 2.8% |
| Illinois | $207,394 | 2.7% |
| Georgia | $173,696 | 2.3% |
| Alabama | $159,291 | 2.1% |
| Maryland | $139,166 | 1.8% |
| Nevada | $136,265 | 1.8% |
| Massachusetts | $127,524 | 1.7% |
| Indiana | $126,100 | 1.7% |
| Virginia | $83,362 | 1.1% |
| New Jersey | $73,200 | 1.0% |
| Colorado | $54,161 | 0.7% |
| Washington | $49,599 | 0.7% |
| Minnesota | $39,711 | 0.5% |
| Utah | $38,419 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | $36,418 | 0.5% |
| Louisiana | $30,846 | 0.4% |
| South Carolina | $29,419 | 0.4% |
| Michigan | $26,600 | 0.4% |
| Connecticut | $26,207 | 0.3% |
| West Virginia | $20,995 | 0.3% |
| Hawaii | $18,003 | 0.2% |
| Wisconsin | $16,774 | 0.2% |
| Kansas | $7,932 | 0.1% |
| Oregon | $5,884 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $5,408 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $5,355 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $4,471 | 0.1% |
| Mississippi | $4,117 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $3,768 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $3,067 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $3,010 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $2,547 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $2,329 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $1,859 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $1,522 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $702 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $464 | 0.0% |
| AE | $284 | 0.0% |
| AP | $261 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $129 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $90 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $82 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $76 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $20 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $17 | 0.0% |
| GU | $14 | 0.0% |