Merck Healthcare Kgaa: 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
- $4.2M
- Providers paid
- 128
- Transactions
- 1,024
- Average per transaction
- $4,078
The average per transaction — $4,078 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $1,284,554 | 30.8% |
| New York | $465,504 | 11.1% |
| Ohio | $443,825 | 10.6% |
| Texas | $357,641 | 8.6% |
| California | $295,699 | 7.1% |
| Michigan | $255,402 | 6.1% |
| Virginia | $176,923 | 4.2% |
| Tennessee | $117,623 | 2.8% |
| Colorado | $103,323 | 2.5% |
| South Carolina | $76,283 | 1.8% |
| Missouri | $71,131 | 1.7% |
| Florida | $62,920 | 1.5% |
| New Jersey | $58,733 | 1.4% |
| Pennsylvania | $56,825 | 1.4% |
| Arizona | $51,864 | 1.2% |
| Connecticut | $48,696 | 1.2% |
| Georgia | $45,410 | 1.1% |
| Kentucky | $34,187 | 0.8% |
| South Dakota | $33,350 | 0.8% |
| Illinois | $32,236 | 0.8% |
| Utah | $28,180 | 0.7% |
| Vermont | $25,392 | 0.6% |
| North Carolina | $11,247 | 0.3% |
| Oklahoma | $10,150 | 0.2% |
| Nevada | $9,850 | 0.2% |
| District of Columbia | $8,907 | 0.2% |
| Wisconsin | $6,950 | 0.2% |
| Louisiana | $1,933 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $700 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | $373 | 0.0% |