Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC: 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
- $7.9M
- Providers paid
- 8,825
- Transactions
- 32,060
- Average per transaction
- $245
The average per transaction — $245 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | $1,165,268 | 14.8% |
| Texas | $865,866 | 11.0% |
| California | $864,135 | 11.0% |
| New York | $665,915 | 8.5% |
| Connecticut | $426,951 | 5.4% |
| Pennsylvania | $421,650 | 5.4% |
| Missouri | $336,163 | 4.3% |
| District of Columbia | $335,887 | 4.3% |
| Wisconsin | $318,361 | 4.0% |
| New Jersey | $296,021 | 3.8% |
| Tennessee | $199,736 | 2.5% |
| Washington | $195,069 | 2.5% |
| Arizona | $153,056 | 1.9% |
| Louisiana | $139,912 | 1.8% |
| South Carolina | $137,924 | 1.8% |
| Minnesota | $124,585 | 1.6% |
| Michigan | $120,953 | 1.5% |
| Massachusetts | $120,825 | 1.5% |
| Alabama | $106,937 | 1.4% |
| Virginia | $96,324 | 1.2% |
| Ohio | $88,877 | 1.1% |
| Nevada | $83,694 | 1.1% |
| Nebraska | $73,847 | 0.9% |
| Kansas | $62,522 | 0.8% |
| Arkansas | $61,446 | 0.8% |
| Oklahoma | $61,264 | 0.8% |
| Hawaii | $44,472 | 0.6% |
| Kentucky | $41,216 | 0.5% |
| Maryland | $35,934 | 0.5% |
| Georgia | $35,563 | 0.5% |
| North Carolina | $34,425 | 0.4% |
| Puerto Rico | $33,046 | 0.4% |
| Colorado | $29,197 | 0.4% |
| Illinois | $21,627 | 0.3% |
| Mississippi | $13,674 | 0.2% |
| Utah | $11,543 | 0.1% |
| Indiana | $9,318 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $7,841 | 0.1% |
| Oregon | $4,948 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $4,628 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $2,898 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $2,513 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $2,265 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $2,128 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $2,015 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $1,852 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $1,347 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $1,036 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $631 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $579 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $519 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $112 | 0.0% |
| AE | $106 | 0.0% |