Merz North America, 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
- $31.8M
- Providers paid
- 20,542
- Transactions
- 109,983
- Average per transaction
- $289
The average per transaction — $289 — 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 | $7,277,811 | 22.9% |
| New York | $4,819,626 | 15.2% |
| Florida | $4,581,837 | 14.4% |
| Texas | $2,828,316 | 8.9% |
| Tennessee | $1,817,592 | 5.7% |
| Illinois | $1,038,678 | 3.3% |
| Georgia | $898,377 | 2.8% |
| District of Columbia | $813,035 | 2.6% |
| North Carolina | $667,681 | 2.1% |
| Louisiana | $662,779 | 2.1% |
| Michigan | $527,992 | 1.7% |
| Arizona | $468,338 | 1.5% |
| New Jersey | $444,689 | 1.4% |
| Puerto Rico | $387,371 | 1.2% |
| Pennsylvania | $381,600 | 1.2% |
| Massachusetts | $375,924 | 1.2% |
| Colorado | $362,226 | 1.1% |
| Connecticut | $347,743 | 1.1% |
| Washington | $324,466 | 1.0% |
| South Carolina | $259,797 | 0.8% |
| Ohio | $255,068 | 0.8% |
| Kentucky | $240,707 | 0.8% |
| Indiana | $233,470 | 0.7% |
| Maryland | $208,737 | 0.7% |
| Virginia | $207,084 | 0.7% |
| Alabama | $164,604 | 0.5% |
| Nevada | $163,571 | 0.5% |
| Missouri | $153,262 | 0.5% |
| Oregon | $153,247 | 0.5% |
| Utah | $107,497 | 0.3% |
| Wisconsin | $87,170 | 0.3% |
| Hawaii | $80,661 | 0.3% |
| Mississippi | $45,036 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $42,102 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $39,767 | 0.1% |
| Minnesota | $38,068 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | $36,263 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $29,158 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $27,282 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $26,690 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $24,728 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $19,519 | 0.1% |
| Kansas | $17,534 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $15,286 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $15,268 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $14,847 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $12,857 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $12,125 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $10,259 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $4,374 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $2,760 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $2,618 | 0.0% |
| AE | $147 | 0.0% |