Kuraray America 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
- $2.1M
- Providers paid
- 932
- Transactions
- 2,110
- Average per transaction
- $980
The average per transaction — $980 — 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 | $1,068,517 | 51.7% |
| Georgia | $141,182 | 6.8% |
| Illinois | $99,392 | 4.8% |
| New York | $97,882 | 4.7% |
| Alabama | $89,628 | 4.3% |
| Connecticut | $82,502 | 4.0% |
| Florida | $61,950 | 3.0% |
| Arizona | $55,539 | 2.7% |
| District of Columbia | $52,624 | 2.5% |
| Louisiana | $46,359 | 2.2% |
| Nevada | $40,903 | 2.0% |
| Washington | $34,262 | 1.7% |
| Pennsylvania | $24,981 | 1.2% |
| Colorado | $22,585 | 1.1% |
| Utah | $18,879 | 0.9% |
| North Carolina | $17,980 | 0.9% |
| Minnesota | $16,616 | 0.8% |
| AP | $14,140 | 0.7% |
| Texas | $12,538 | 0.6% |
| South Carolina | $11,625 | 0.6% |
| Massachusetts | $9,398 | 0.5% |
| Iowa | $7,505 | 0.4% |
| Tennessee | $6,997 | 0.3% |
| Virginia | $4,710 | 0.2% |
| Oregon | $4,077 | 0.2% |
| Kentucky | $3,389 | 0.2% |
| New Jersey | $3,314 | 0.2% |
| Nebraska | $3,302 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $3,000 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $2,882 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $2,189 | 0.1% |
| Michigan | $2,053 | 0.1% |
| Ohio | $1,099 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $1,046 | 0.1% |
| Maryland | $929 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | $258 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | $222 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | $173 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $136 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $85 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | $71 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $27 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | $22 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $12 | 0.0% |