Merck: 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
- $3.7B
- Providers paid
- 282,735
- Transactions
- 1,663,915
- Average per transaction
- $2,232
The average per transaction — $2,232 — 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 | $424,318,745 | 11.4% |
| New York | $410,716,824 | 11.1% |
| Texas | $382,081,122 | 10.3% |
| Massachusetts | $258,051,395 | 6.9% |
| Florida | $247,350,971 | 6.7% |
| Pennsylvania | $190,888,403 | 5.1% |
| Michigan | $107,651,445 | 2.9% |
| Illinois | $105,922,192 | 2.9% |
| North Carolina | $104,146,168 | 2.8% |
| Ohio | $102,661,255 | 2.8% |
| Tennessee | $102,648,299 | 2.8% |
| Minnesota | $88,566,185 | 2.4% |
| Maryland | $85,440,236 | 2.3% |
| Virginia | $82,380,291 | 2.2% |
| Washington | $81,320,184 | 2.2% |
| Georgia | $71,561,459 | 1.9% |
| Colorado | $65,524,372 | 1.8% |
| Connecticut | $64,135,307 | 1.7% |
| Arizona | $61,062,182 | 1.6% |
| Oregon | $60,849,484 | 1.6% |
| New Jersey | $54,460,897 | 1.5% |
| Missouri | $53,024,150 | 1.4% |
| Indiana | $51,201,273 | 1.4% |
| South Carolina | $46,537,512 | 1.3% |
| Wisconsin | $42,714,792 | 1.2% |
| Kansas | $33,927,408 | 0.9% |
| District of Columbia | $33,142,606 | 0.9% |
| Nebraska | $32,287,388 | 0.9% |
| Utah | $30,852,864 | 0.8% |
| Kentucky | $30,831,804 | 0.8% |
| Puerto Rico | $25,475,775 | 0.7% |
| Louisiana | $20,031,197 | 0.5% |
| Alabama | $19,233,631 | 0.5% |
| Nevada | $18,979,748 | 0.5% |
| Iowa | $15,215,627 | 0.4% |
| South Dakota | $13,063,000 | 0.4% |
| Oklahoma | $12,729,950 | 0.3% |
| New Mexico | $10,861,694 | 0.3% |
| Arkansas | $10,762,680 | 0.3% |
| Idaho | $10,476,251 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | $9,399,660 | 0.3% |
| Montana | $7,954,345 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | $7,699,550 | 0.2% |
| West Virginia | $4,235,735 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $3,950,876 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $3,849,331 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $3,659,789 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $3,278,576 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $2,505,458 | 0.1% |
| North Dakota | $2,192,157 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $1,770,780 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $34,170 | 0.0% |
| Guam | $1,272 | 0.0% |
| AP | $1,243 | 0.0% |
| AE | $948 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $365 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $193 | 0.0% |
| XX | $178 | 0.0% |
| AA | $161 | 0.0% |
| Northern Mariana Islands | $91 | 0.0% |
Products named in Merck's payments
The drugs and devices most often named as the product a payment related to. A meal at a presentation about a product counts here, so this tracks what the company promotes as much as what it sells.