Novo Nordisk: 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
- $256.3M
- Providers paid
- 246,038
- Transactions
- 3,140,182
- Average per transaction
- $82
The average per transaction — $82 — 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 | $31,409,708 | 12.3% |
| District of Columbia | $26,337,680 | 10.3% |
| Texas | $22,284,078 | 8.7% |
| Florida | $17,629,994 | 6.9% |
| New York | $17,029,141 | 6.6% |
| North Carolina | $10,634,126 | 4.1% |
| Pennsylvania | $10,287,463 | 4.0% |
| Ohio | $9,228,662 | 3.6% |
| Illinois | $8,489,548 | 3.3% |
| Massachusetts | $7,350,732 | 2.9% |
| Tennessee | $7,196,879 | 2.8% |
| Georgia | $7,001,491 | 2.7% |
| Michigan | $6,025,076 | 2.4% |
| New Jersey | $6,006,618 | 2.3% |
| Virginia | $5,936,499 | 2.3% |
| Maryland | $4,808,600 | 1.9% |
| Washington | $4,129,271 | 1.6% |
| Missouri | $4,031,251 | 1.6% |
| Alabama | $3,999,964 | 1.6% |
| Connecticut | $3,938,358 | 1.5% |
| Louisiana | $3,696,236 | 1.4% |
| Indiana | $3,627,149 | 1.4% |
| Minnesota | $3,203,222 | 1.2% |
| South Carolina | $3,080,011 | 1.2% |
| Colorado | $3,077,651 | 1.2% |
| Kentucky | $3,017,501 | 1.2% |
| Arizona | $2,998,391 | 1.2% |
| Mississippi | $2,259,794 | 0.9% |
| Nevada | $1,738,216 | 0.7% |
| Oklahoma | $1,731,210 | 0.7% |
| Kansas | $1,666,717 | 0.7% |
| Wisconsin | $1,496,162 | 0.6% |
| West Virginia | $1,178,821 | 0.5% |
| Arkansas | $1,143,274 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | $1,118,450 | 0.4% |
| Oregon | $952,871 | 0.4% |
| Hawaii | $873,852 | 0.3% |
| Nebraska | $831,105 | 0.3% |
| Utah | $745,188 | 0.3% |
| New Hampshire | $638,348 | 0.2% |
| Delaware | $603,313 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $430,096 | 0.2% |
| Rhode Island | $418,974 | 0.2% |
| Maine | $384,057 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $363,269 | 0.1% |
| Puerto Rico | $302,964 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $298,101 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $261,721 | 0.1% |
| North Dakota | $186,822 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $93,720 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $89,733 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $34,048 | 0.0% |
| AP | $2,016 | 0.0% |
| GU | $1,867 | 0.0% |
| XX | $824 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $762 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $511 | 0.0% |
| AE | $485 | 0.0% |
| MP | $136 | 0.0% |
| AA | $131 | 0.0% |