KARL Storz Endoscopy-america: 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
- $5.6M
- Providers paid
- 4,955
- Transactions
- 9,197
- Average per transaction
- $614
The average per transaction — $614 — 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 | $1,402,427 | 24.8% |
| Illinois | $411,620 | 7.3% |
| Massachusetts | $384,527 | 6.8% |
| Texas | $369,603 | 6.5% |
| Wisconsin | $300,563 | 5.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $292,239 | 5.2% |
| Florida | $264,407 | 4.7% |
| Ohio | $225,698 | 4.0% |
| New York | $193,401 | 3.4% |
| Tennessee | $178,772 | 3.2% |
| Arizona | $174,631 | 3.1% |
| Michigan | $164,601 | 2.9% |
| New Hampshire | $162,708 | 2.9% |
| Virginia | $136,945 | 2.4% |
| Kentucky | $103,168 | 1.8% |
| Iowa | $101,776 | 1.8% |
| Maryland | $93,903 | 1.7% |
| Alabama | $80,764 | 1.4% |
| Colorado | $79,896 | 1.4% |
| Kansas | $58,513 | 1.0% |
| Missouri | $56,768 | 1.0% |
| Connecticut | $56,530 | 1.0% |
| North Carolina | $54,899 | 1.0% |
| Louisiana | $49,809 | 0.9% |
| New Mexico | $45,611 | 0.8% |
| Minnesota | $45,468 | 0.8% |
| Washington | $31,669 | 0.6% |
| Oklahoma | $19,748 | 0.3% |
| Montana | $17,053 | 0.3% |
| Nebraska | $14,734 | 0.3% |
| Nevada | $12,614 | 0.2% |
| Indiana | $11,765 | 0.2% |
| Georgia | $11,493 | 0.2% |
| Oregon | $8,788 | 0.2% |
| New Jersey | $6,644 | 0.1% |
| South Carolina | $5,499 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $3,130 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $3,002 | 0.1% |
| Utah | $1,937 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $1,389 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $826 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $796 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | $788 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $757 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $666 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $644 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $201 | 0.0% |
| AP | $156 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $121 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $114 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $98 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $81 | 0.0% |
| AA | $43 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $40 | 0.0% |