Med-el Corporation: 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
- $12.3M
- Providers paid
- 666
- Transactions
- 4,502
- Average per transaction
- $2,725
The average per transaction — $2,725 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | $2,344,548 | 19.1% |
| North Carolina | $2,178,440 | 17.8% |
| California | $1,586,288 | 12.9% |
| Illinois | $1,278,229 | 10.4% |
| Washington | $747,728 | 6.1% |
| Louisiana | $609,855 | 5.0% |
| Kansas | $471,838 | 3.8% |
| Ohio | $461,189 | 3.8% |
| Colorado | $388,550 | 3.2% |
| Mississippi | $361,606 | 2.9% |
| Texas | $292,290 | 2.4% |
| Minnesota | $291,450 | 2.4% |
| New Jersey | $260,100 | 2.1% |
| Maryland | $157,944 | 1.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $137,115 | 1.1% |
| Massachusetts | $109,773 | 0.9% |
| Iowa | $93,597 | 0.8% |
| New York | $85,765 | 0.7% |
| Michigan | $69,387 | 0.6% |
| Tennessee | $65,246 | 0.5% |
| Idaho | $42,576 | 0.3% |
| New Mexico | $34,266 | 0.3% |
| Utah | $28,849 | 0.2% |
| Georgia | $22,250 | 0.2% |
| Kentucky | $21,964 | 0.2% |
| Oregon | $20,248 | 0.2% |
| Alabama | $17,272 | 0.1% |
| Arizona | $15,805 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $14,296 | 0.1% |
| Missouri | $13,750 | 0.1% |
| Wisconsin | $13,470 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $9,900 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | $6,316 | 0.1% |
| Indiana | $4,692 | 0.0% |
| Connecticut | $4,308 | 0.0% |
| Virginia | $2,571 | 0.0% |
| South Carolina | $1,879 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $1,448 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $239 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $227 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $176 | 0.0% |
| Nevada | $118 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $89 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $88 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $30 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $11 | 0.0% |