Pentax Of America, 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
- $3.9M
- Providers paid
- 1,262
- Transactions
- 3,522
- Average per transaction
- $1,118
The average per transaction — $1,118 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | $1,283,425 | 32.6% |
| Maryland | $585,145 | 14.9% |
| Texas | $412,979 | 10.5% |
| Minnesota | $215,979 | 5.5% |
| New Jersey | $173,268 | 4.4% |
| Florida | $167,695 | 4.3% |
| South Carolina | $167,042 | 4.2% |
| New York | $161,344 | 4.1% |
| Pennsylvania | $154,703 | 3.9% |
| Washington | $154,136 | 3.9% |
| Ohio | $74,817 | 1.9% |
| Connecticut | $67,009 | 1.7% |
| Arizona | $58,079 | 1.5% |
| New Hampshire | $37,786 | 1.0% |
| California | $36,247 | 0.9% |
| Michigan | $35,908 | 0.9% |
| Alabama | $34,732 | 0.9% |
| Massachusetts | $22,392 | 0.6% |
| Virginia | $19,031 | 0.5% |
| District of Columbia | $18,385 | 0.5% |
| Kansas | $12,826 | 0.3% |
| Missouri | $8,180 | 0.2% |
| Louisiana | $7,988 | 0.2% |
| Illinois | $6,556 | 0.2% |
| Wisconsin | $5,686 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $3,260 | 0.1% |
| Georgia | $3,011 | 0.1% |
| Iowa | $3,003 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $1,882 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $930 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | $833 | 0.0% |
| Utah | $751 | 0.0% |
| Oregon | $744 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | $639 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $450 | 0.0% |
| Colorado | $446 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $370 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $305 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | $297 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $278 | 0.0% |
| Kentucky | $106 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | $93 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $85 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $42 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $34 | 0.0% |