Paragon 28, 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
- $44M
- Providers paid
- 6,516
- Transactions
- 28,620
- Average per transaction
- $1,538
The average per transaction — $1,538 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | $10,446,536 | 23.7% |
| Florida | $4,996,560 | 11.4% |
| California | $4,548,835 | 10.3% |
| Colorado | $3,798,485 | 8.6% |
| Ohio | $2,885,754 | 6.6% |
| Minnesota | $2,252,456 | 5.1% |
| Michigan | $2,170,916 | 4.9% |
| Washington | $2,155,814 | 4.9% |
| Texas | $2,065,100 | 4.7% |
| North Carolina | $1,032,555 | 2.3% |
| Indiana | $850,831 | 1.9% |
| Kentucky | $745,672 | 1.7% |
| Kansas | $674,354 | 1.5% |
| Iowa | $521,719 | 1.2% |
| Nevada | $508,751 | 1.2% |
| Massachusetts | $489,543 | 1.1% |
| Arizona | $466,685 | 1.1% |
| New York | $422,225 | 1.0% |
| Utah | $408,956 | 0.9% |
| South Carolina | $389,810 | 0.9% |
| Pennsylvania | $333,995 | 0.8% |
| Tennessee | $325,750 | 0.7% |
| Nebraska | $217,133 | 0.5% |
| Connecticut | $180,451 | 0.4% |
| Montana | $150,091 | 0.3% |
| Oregon | $147,079 | 0.3% |
| New Jersey | $132,617 | 0.3% |
| Missouri | $106,631 | 0.2% |
| Illinois | $95,330 | 0.2% |
| Georgia | $80,890 | 0.2% |
| Virginia | $78,970 | 0.2% |
| Arkansas | $76,512 | 0.2% |
| West Virginia | $45,814 | 0.1% |
| Wisconsin | $32,718 | 0.1% |
| Alabama | $31,783 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $25,923 | 0.1% |
| Louisiana | $16,942 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $16,755 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $16,747 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | $13,305 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $9,871 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $9,219 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $7,269 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $5,480 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $5,258 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $5,135 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $2,892 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $2,681 | 0.0% |
| AE | $1,695 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $1,397 | 0.0% |
| AP | $862 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $759 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $686 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $544 | 0.0% |