Lightforce Orthodontics, 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
- $9.9M
- Providers paid
- 2,295
- Transactions
- 7,385
- Average per transaction
- $1,341
The average per transaction — $1,341 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | $1,503,862 | 15.2% |
| North Carolina | $1,166,780 | 11.8% |
| Washington | $921,772 | 9.3% |
| California | $917,238 | 9.3% |
| Missouri | $904,629 | 9.1% |
| New Jersey | $758,866 | 7.7% |
| Minnesota | $576,228 | 5.8% |
| Florida | $510,256 | 5.2% |
| Alabama | $506,485 | 5.1% |
| Massachusetts | $386,075 | 3.9% |
| Pennsylvania | $350,167 | 3.5% |
| Colorado | $322,719 | 3.3% |
| Montana | $250,150 | 2.5% |
| Texas | $169,655 | 1.7% |
| New Hampshire | $159,189 | 1.6% |
| Ohio | $99,779 | 1.0% |
| Georgia | $65,675 | 0.7% |
| Virginia | $61,004 | 0.6% |
| Oregon | $52,633 | 0.5% |
| New York | $48,599 | 0.5% |
| Arizona | $35,979 | 0.4% |
| Maryland | $30,486 | 0.3% |
| Indiana | $27,336 | 0.3% |
| Illinois | $14,782 | 0.1% |
| Michigan | $11,271 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | $6,097 | 0.1% |
| Tennessee | $5,204 | 0.1% |
| Wisconsin | $4,887 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | $3,658 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $2,941 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $2,914 | 0.0% |
| Nevada | $2,855 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $2,795 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $2,625 | 0.0% |
| South Carolina | $2,590 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | $2,096 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $2,038 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $1,454 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $1,166 | 0.0% |
| Utah | $1,164 | 0.0% |
| Louisiana | $1,145 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $880 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $851 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $417 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $410 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | $315 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $288 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $286 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $218 | 0.0% |
| AA | $155 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $48 | 0.0% |
| AE | $33 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $18 | 0.0% |