Novo Nordisk AS: 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
- $444.7M
- Providers paid
- 2,321
- Transactions
- 581,609
- Average per transaction
- $765
The average per transaction — $765 — 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 | $112,712,028 | 25.3% |
| Texas | $56,846,982 | 12.8% |
| Florida | $33,771,908 | 7.6% |
| Kansas | $26,330,893 | 5.9% |
| North Carolina | $21,558,613 | 4.8% |
| New York | $16,726,144 | 3.8% |
| Virginia | $12,706,494 | 2.9% |
| Ohio | $11,857,660 | 2.7% |
| Pennsylvania | $10,942,175 | 2.5% |
| Illinois | $9,520,535 | 2.1% |
| Tennessee | $9,123,600 | 2.1% |
| Georgia | $8,857,942 | 2.0% |
| Washington | $8,648,611 | 1.9% |
| Indiana | $8,527,147 | 1.9% |
| Massachusetts | $8,068,056 | 1.8% |
| Colorado | $6,813,331 | 1.5% |
| Missouri | $5,908,451 | 1.3% |
| Alabama | $5,812,875 | 1.3% |
| Arizona | $5,609,956 | 1.3% |
| South Carolina | $5,381,359 | 1.2% |
| Michigan | $4,915,212 | 1.1% |
| Kentucky | $4,866,853 | 1.1% |
| Wisconsin | $4,665,791 | 1.0% |
| Nebraska | $4,524,854 | 1.0% |
| Maryland | $4,236,769 | 1.0% |
| Louisiana | $4,205,041 | 0.9% |
| Minnesota | $4,029,918 | 0.9% |
| Connecticut | $3,551,566 | 0.8% |
| Iowa | $2,875,491 | 0.6% |
| Nevada | $2,346,190 | 0.5% |
| Hawaii | $2,284,329 | 0.5% |
| Idaho | $2,165,377 | 0.5% |
| Utah | $1,900,311 | 0.4% |
| Oklahoma | $1,722,803 | 0.4% |
| Montana | $1,704,994 | 0.4% |
| Oregon | $1,356,109 | 0.3% |
| New Jersey | $1,351,471 | 0.3% |
| North Dakota | $1,337,421 | 0.3% |
| Puerto Rico | $1,167,712 | 0.3% |
| Arkansas | $939,612 | 0.2% |
| Vermont | $584,787 | 0.1% |
| Mississippi | $512,850 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $453,367 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $421,612 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $240,753 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $236,573 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $228,200 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $89,952 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $49,171 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $28,318 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $25,199 | 0.0% |