Novartis: 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
- $3.5B
- Providers paid
- 223,916
- Transactions
- 2,387,393
- Average per transaction
- $1,472
The average per transaction — $1,472 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | $538,753,922 | 15.3% |
| California | $480,404,870 | 13.7% |
| Florida | $384,965,913 | 11.0% |
| New York | $214,814,258 | 6.1% |
| Massachusetts | $183,455,150 | 5.2% |
| Maryland | $137,175,601 | 3.9% |
| Colorado | $123,762,377 | 3.5% |
| Ohio | $118,923,739 | 3.4% |
| Pennsylvania | $105,365,889 | 3.0% |
| North Carolina | $102,585,244 | 2.9% |
| Illinois | $87,488,095 | 2.5% |
| Tennessee | $86,146,504 | 2.5% |
| Georgia | $63,744,948 | 1.8% |
| Michigan | $62,638,682 | 1.8% |
| Washington | $53,167,925 | 1.5% |
| Arizona | $50,281,214 | 1.4% |
| Virginia | $49,943,790 | 1.4% |
| Missouri | $47,678,269 | 1.4% |
| Oregon | $45,444,962 | 1.3% |
| Minnesota | $43,014,401 | 1.2% |
| New Jersey | $41,176,329 | 1.2% |
| Indiana | $37,204,000 | 1.1% |
| Wisconsin | $36,776,158 | 1.0% |
| Alabama | $35,813,650 | 1.0% |
| Kansas | $34,815,970 | 1.0% |
| Utah | $31,368,514 | 0.9% |
| Louisiana | $29,489,754 | 0.8% |
| Iowa | $28,000,474 | 0.8% |
| Nevada | $27,584,518 | 0.8% |
| South Carolina | $25,975,989 | 0.7% |
| Kentucky | $22,361,197 | 0.6% |
| Nebraska | $22,026,651 | 0.6% |
| Arkansas | $21,256,276 | 0.6% |
| Puerto Rico | $19,940,035 | 0.6% |
| Connecticut | $18,880,129 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | $15,335,884 | 0.4% |
| District of Columbia | $12,394,950 | 0.4% |
| New Mexico | $11,887,599 | 0.3% |
| Mississippi | $8,477,784 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $7,822,053 | 0.2% |
| South Dakota | $6,113,483 | 0.2% |
| Maine | $5,261,769 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $5,229,244 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $5,068,241 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $4,082,371 | 0.1% |
| North Dakota | $3,761,403 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $3,484,946 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $3,413,909 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $3,198,706 | 0.1% |
| XX | $2,592,619 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $2,514,362 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $779,471 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $60,471 | 0.0% |
| AE | $1,604 | 0.0% |
| GU | $572 | 0.0% |
| AP | $550 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $434 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $352 | 0.0% |