Lifescan, 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
- $463K
- Providers paid
- 2,665
- Transactions
- 6,856
- Average per transaction
- $67
The average per transaction — $67 — 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 | $131,059 | 28.3% |
| New York | $122,018 | 26.4% |
| Michigan | $31,136 | 6.7% |
| Colorado | $25,932 | 5.6% |
| Florida | $19,761 | 4.3% |
| Washington | $15,465 | 3.3% |
| Ohio | $14,533 | 3.1% |
| South Carolina | $10,624 | 2.3% |
| Oregon | $10,386 | 2.2% |
| Virginia | $7,422 | 1.6% |
| Massachusetts | $6,231 | 1.3% |
| Maryland | $6,111 | 1.3% |
| Tennessee | $5,910 | 1.3% |
| North Carolina | $5,212 | 1.1% |
| Connecticut | $4,669 | 1.0% |
| Texas | $4,355 | 0.9% |
| Nevada | $4,246 | 0.9% |
| Alabama | $4,231 | 0.9% |
| Indiana | $3,757 | 0.8% |
| Georgia | $3,595 | 0.8% |
| Louisiana | $2,683 | 0.6% |
| Arizona | $2,664 | 0.6% |
| Kansas | $2,589 | 0.6% |
| Utah | $2,456 | 0.5% |
| Mississippi | $2,416 | 0.5% |
| New Jersey | $2,285 | 0.5% |
| Illinois | $1,693 | 0.4% |
| Kentucky | $1,681 | 0.4% |
| Pennsylvania | $1,645 | 0.4% |
| Missouri | $1,442 | 0.3% |
| Delaware | $1,199 | 0.3% |
| Minnesota | $695 | 0.2% |
| Oklahoma | $521 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $476 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $410 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $256 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $253 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $126 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | $116 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $76 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $73 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $57 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $56 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $42 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $20 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $14 | 0.0% |