Merit Medical Systems 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
- $22.2M
- Providers paid
- 3,214
- Transactions
- 7,967
- Average per transaction
- $2,787
The average per transaction — $2,787 — 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 | $9,257,624 | 41.7% |
| Pennsylvania | $4,273,378 | 19.2% |
| Wisconsin | $1,121,772 | 5.1% |
| Texas | $1,085,260 | 4.9% |
| Florida | $973,112 | 4.4% |
| Utah | $707,124 | 3.2% |
| Illinois | $706,598 | 3.2% |
| Connecticut | $508,720 | 2.3% |
| North Carolina | $431,843 | 1.9% |
| Ohio | $415,448 | 1.9% |
| New York | $300,505 | 1.4% |
| Virginia | $214,901 | 1.0% |
| Arizona | $176,080 | 0.8% |
| Colorado | $161,817 | 0.7% |
| Georgia | $160,304 | 0.7% |
| Massachusetts | $154,621 | 0.7% |
| Michigan | $143,740 | 0.6% |
| Delaware | $138,736 | 0.6% |
| Missouri | $133,055 | 0.6% |
| Washington | $120,588 | 0.5% |
| Rhode Island | $111,901 | 0.5% |
| South Carolina | $110,215 | 0.5% |
| New Jersey | $97,852 | 0.4% |
| District of Columbia | $86,466 | 0.4% |
| Maryland | $83,152 | 0.4% |
| Indiana | $73,004 | 0.3% |
| Iowa | $62,136 | 0.3% |
| Minnesota | $56,200 | 0.3% |
| Tennessee | $46,813 | 0.2% |
| Oregon | $45,576 | 0.2% |
| Alabama | $42,690 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $40,141 | 0.2% |
| Oklahoma | $30,231 | 0.1% |
| Louisiana | $27,940 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $15,732 | 0.1% |
| Nevada | $15,457 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $13,612 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $12,502 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $11,797 | 0.1% |
| Kentucky | $11,772 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $7,181 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $4,652 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | $3,871 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $3,093 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $2,665 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $2,155 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $708 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $637 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $247 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $191 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $106 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $81 | 0.0% |