Medshape, 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
- $17.6M
- Providers paid
- 1,138
- Transactions
- 5,510
- Average per transaction
- $3,185
The average per transaction — $3,185 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | $4,377,439 | 24.9% |
| North Carolina | $2,325,062 | 13.2% |
| Texas | $2,062,046 | 11.7% |
| Ohio | $1,877,115 | 10.7% |
| California | $1,097,230 | 6.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $1,074,311 | 6.1% |
| Washington | $563,124 | 3.2% |
| Minnesota | $538,236 | 3.1% |
| Kentucky | $446,644 | 2.5% |
| Arizona | $417,721 | 2.4% |
| Iowa | $415,837 | 2.4% |
| Georgia | $400,031 | 2.3% |
| Indiana | $355,831 | 2.0% |
| Florida | $289,319 | 1.6% |
| Massachusetts | $205,166 | 1.2% |
| Virginia | $167,836 | 1.0% |
| South Carolina | $87,662 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | $82,103 | 0.5% |
| Idaho | $71,954 | 0.4% |
| Arkansas | $62,518 | 0.4% |
| Alabama | $61,630 | 0.4% |
| New York | $58,502 | 0.3% |
| Louisiana | $57,922 | 0.3% |
| Wisconsin | $52,588 | 0.3% |
| Tennessee | $47,093 | 0.3% |
| Colorado | $46,978 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | $46,808 | 0.3% |
| Kansas | $46,213 | 0.3% |
| South Dakota | $40,231 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | $30,891 | 0.2% |
| Montana | $28,118 | 0.2% |
| Missouri | $20,261 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | $17,292 | 0.1% |
| Nevada | $16,340 | 0.1% |
| New Jersey | $13,359 | 0.1% |
| Maryland | $12,087 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $10,318 | 0.1% |
| Michigan | $6,426 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $6,292 | 0.0% |
| Oregon | $3,005 | 0.0% |
| Utah | $2,151 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $2,012 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $1,940 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $1,823 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $1,757 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $1,749 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $748 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $89 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $31 | 0.0% |