Optos, 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
- $3.5M
- Providers paid
- 11,183
- Transactions
- 20,994
- Average per transaction
- $165
The average per transaction — $165 — 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 | $495,948 | 14.3% |
| Florida | $290,419 | 8.4% |
| Georgia | $287,142 | 8.3% |
| Illinois | $265,369 | 7.7% |
| Texas | $228,513 | 6.6% |
| Tennessee | $192,551 | 5.6% |
| North Carolina | $160,307 | 4.6% |
| South Carolina | $123,847 | 3.6% |
| Wisconsin | $112,052 | 3.2% |
| Missouri | $105,602 | 3.0% |
| Michigan | $95,636 | 2.8% |
| Colorado | $85,582 | 2.5% |
| Virginia | $84,775 | 2.4% |
| Mississippi | $81,814 | 2.4% |
| Ohio | $71,629 | 2.1% |
| Kansas | $71,497 | 2.1% |
| Massachusetts | $60,728 | 1.8% |
| New Mexico | $58,093 | 1.7% |
| New Hampshire | $57,500 | 1.7% |
| Connecticut | $56,616 | 1.6% |
| Maryland | $54,084 | 1.6% |
| Louisiana | $50,479 | 1.5% |
| Kentucky | $45,094 | 1.3% |
| New York | $34,194 | 1.0% |
| Indiana | $31,252 | 0.9% |
| Maine | $30,295 | 0.9% |
| Oklahoma | $27,710 | 0.8% |
| Arizona | $27,161 | 0.8% |
| Washington | $23,448 | 0.7% |
| Nevada | $23,416 | 0.7% |
| Alabama | $22,467 | 0.6% |
| New Jersey | $16,148 | 0.5% |
| Oregon | $12,114 | 0.3% |
| Utah | $11,627 | 0.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $11,000 | 0.3% |
| Hawaii | $9,398 | 0.3% |
| Arkansas | $9,157 | 0.3% |
| Nebraska | $9,056 | 0.3% |
| Minnesota | $7,751 | 0.2% |
| Rhode Island | $5,419 | 0.2% |
| West Virginia | $3,699 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $3,388 | 0.1% |
| Iowa | $3,260 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $3,067 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $1,647 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $1,118 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $989 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $939 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $718 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $697 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $576 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $506 | 0.0% |
| AE | $90 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $36 | 0.0% |