Nestle Healthcare Nutrition 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
- $4.7M
- Providers paid
- 25,543
- Transactions
- 105,865
- Average per transaction
- $45
The average per transaction — $45 — 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 | $737,117 | 15.6% |
| Arizona | $408,982 | 8.7% |
| Florida | $378,913 | 8.0% |
| Illinois | $366,780 | 7.8% |
| Minnesota | $356,581 | 7.6% |
| New York | $302,932 | 6.4% |
| Georgia | $270,522 | 5.7% |
| Texas | $190,516 | 4.0% |
| North Carolina | $173,504 | 3.7% |
| Pennsylvania | $162,091 | 3.4% |
| Michigan | $146,460 | 3.1% |
| Kentucky | $138,934 | 2.9% |
| Ohio | $129,521 | 2.7% |
| Indiana | $84,304 | 1.8% |
| Oregon | $73,831 | 1.6% |
| Tennessee | $70,123 | 1.5% |
| Maryland | $65,213 | 1.4% |
| Virginia | $49,173 | 1.0% |
| New Jersey | $44,515 | 0.9% |
| Louisiana | $44,090 | 0.9% |
| Massachusetts | $42,291 | 0.9% |
| Missouri | $41,826 | 0.9% |
| Nevada | $41,750 | 0.9% |
| Colorado | $40,981 | 0.9% |
| South Carolina | $39,702 | 0.8% |
| Rhode Island | $34,193 | 0.7% |
| Connecticut | $34,023 | 0.7% |
| Utah | $24,595 | 0.5% |
| Mississippi | $23,558 | 0.5% |
| Kansas | $23,379 | 0.5% |
| Alabama | $21,211 | 0.5% |
| Arkansas | $20,190 | 0.4% |
| Wisconsin | $20,176 | 0.4% |
| Oklahoma | $19,201 | 0.4% |
| Washington | $13,943 | 0.3% |
| West Virginia | $13,696 | 0.3% |
| Nebraska | $12,747 | 0.3% |
| Idaho | $11,718 | 0.2% |
| Iowa | $11,591 | 0.2% |
| New Mexico | $7,985 | 0.2% |
| Alaska | $4,432 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $3,971 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $3,328 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $1,882 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $1,290 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $1,029 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $927 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $900 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $731 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $621 | 0.0% |
| AE | $158 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $132 | 0.0% |
| GU | $114 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $67 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $42 | 0.0% |
| AP | $38 | 0.0% |