Lexicon 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
- $28.3M
- Providers paid
- 14,715
- Transactions
- 40,730
- Average per transaction
- $696
The average per transaction — $696 — 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 | $5,526,114 | 19.5% |
| Texas | $5,319,123 | 18.8% |
| Florida | $3,479,054 | 12.3% |
| Missouri | $2,295,582 | 8.1% |
| North Carolina | $1,278,705 | 4.5% |
| Michigan | $1,087,374 | 3.8% |
| New York | $1,027,107 | 3.6% |
| Massachusetts | $882,267 | 3.1% |
| Arizona | $584,799 | 2.1% |
| Utah | $548,722 | 1.9% |
| Tennessee | $518,861 | 1.8% |
| Pennsylvania | $464,213 | 1.6% |
| Illinois | $459,475 | 1.6% |
| Minnesota | $438,242 | 1.5% |
| Louisiana | $416,276 | 1.5% |
| South Carolina | $354,888 | 1.3% |
| Delaware | $343,919 | 1.2% |
| Georgia | $340,433 | 1.2% |
| Virginia | $305,558 | 1.1% |
| Nevada | $293,476 | 1.0% |
| Ohio | $269,843 | 1.0% |
| Connecticut | $255,048 | 0.9% |
| Indiana | $205,344 | 0.7% |
| Alabama | $202,899 | 0.7% |
| Wisconsin | $185,084 | 0.7% |
| Nebraska | $179,983 | 0.6% |
| Kansas | $146,224 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | $146,162 | 0.5% |
| Kentucky | $116,812 | 0.4% |
| Mississippi | $109,351 | 0.4% |
| Maryland | $87,673 | 0.3% |
| New Jersey | $75,931 | 0.3% |
| Oregon | $70,898 | 0.3% |
| New Mexico | $56,849 | 0.2% |
| Colorado | $55,659 | 0.2% |
| Maine | $54,643 | 0.2% |
| Washington | $48,372 | 0.2% |
| Arkansas | $41,755 | 0.1% |
| Iowa | $28,669 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $12,117 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $9,069 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $5,598 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $5,074 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $4,079 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $2,662 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $2,526 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $1,512 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $1,341 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $831 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $463 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $116 | 0.0% |
| AP | $28 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $27 | 0.0% |