Peerless Surgical 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
- $2.1M
- Providers paid
- 1,840
- Transactions
- 8,244
- Average per transaction
- $250
The average per transaction — $250 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | $913,849 | 44.4% |
| North Carolina | $597,645 | 29.0% |
| Texas | $62,064 | 3.0% |
| Georgia | $54,268 | 2.6% |
| Florida | $37,996 | 1.8% |
| Tennessee | $37,993 | 1.8% |
| Virginia | $35,624 | 1.7% |
| Indiana | $29,014 | 1.4% |
| Maine | $23,629 | 1.1% |
| Minnesota | $22,438 | 1.1% |
| New York | $20,514 | 1.0% |
| Washington | $18,038 | 0.9% |
| Arkansas | $17,503 | 0.9% |
| Wisconsin | $14,936 | 0.7% |
| Illinois | $14,005 | 0.7% |
| Massachusetts | $13,589 | 0.7% |
| Mississippi | $12,193 | 0.6% |
| Ohio | $12,035 | 0.6% |
| California | $11,537 | 0.6% |
| Arizona | $11,049 | 0.5% |
| Colorado | $10,460 | 0.5% |
| Vermont | $10,318 | 0.5% |
| Montana | $9,662 | 0.5% |
| Nevada | $9,259 | 0.4% |
| Kansas | $8,661 | 0.4% |
| Alabama | $7,368 | 0.4% |
| Maryland | $7,158 | 0.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $7,073 | 0.3% |
| Oregon | $4,972 | 0.2% |
| Michigan | $3,643 | 0.2% |
| Connecticut | $3,073 | 0.1% |
| Kentucky | $2,683 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | $2,502 | 0.1% |
| AP | $2,128 | 0.1% |
| Missouri | $1,947 | 0.1% |
| New Jersey | $1,485 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $1,454 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $1,322 | 0.1% |
| Utah | $1,261 | 0.1% |
| Louisiana | $934 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $627 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $203 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $175 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $125 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $42 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $27 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $21 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $18 | 0.0% |