Pfizer: 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
- $5B
- Providers paid
- 332,902
- Transactions
- 3,200,956
- Average per transaction
- $1,550
The average per transaction — $1,550 — 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 | $613,820,435 | 12.4% |
| Florida | $507,900,762 | 10.2% |
| Texas | $503,361,994 | 10.1% |
| Massachusetts | $503,082,834 | 10.1% |
| New York | $307,588,779 | 6.2% |
| Connecticut | $197,126,136 | 4.0% |
| Illinois | $182,338,448 | 3.7% |
| North Carolina | $163,998,152 | 3.3% |
| Ohio | $142,659,035 | 2.9% |
| Colorado | $142,208,410 | 2.9% |
| Pennsylvania | $121,058,281 | 2.4% |
| Missouri | $111,769,609 | 2.3% |
| Georgia | $107,359,108 | 2.2% |
| Washington | $106,141,054 | 2.1% |
| Tennessee | $103,868,167 | 2.1% |
| Arizona | $85,952,370 | 1.7% |
| Maryland | $75,650,681 | 1.5% |
| Utah | $73,190,577 | 1.5% |
| Virginia | $72,339,164 | 1.5% |
| Nebraska | $69,592,360 | 1.4% |
| Minnesota | $66,790,896 | 1.3% |
| Michigan | $64,254,386 | 1.3% |
| Alabama | $57,350,895 | 1.2% |
| Kentucky | $50,965,943 | 1.0% |
| Oregon | $46,715,707 | 0.9% |
| Louisiana | $45,435,256 | 0.9% |
| District of Columbia | $45,116,274 | 0.9% |
| New Jersey | $43,929,048 | 0.9% |
| South Carolina | $43,561,889 | 0.9% |
| Idaho | $38,699,485 | 0.8% |
| Kansas | $33,760,594 | 0.7% |
| Nevada | $32,517,749 | 0.7% |
| Indiana | $28,989,857 | 0.6% |
| Wisconsin | $26,671,843 | 0.5% |
| Iowa | $19,790,602 | 0.4% |
| Hawaii | $18,146,461 | 0.4% |
| Oklahoma | $17,787,594 | 0.4% |
| Rhode Island | $16,625,415 | 0.3% |
| Arkansas | $14,753,054 | 0.3% |
| Mississippi | $11,952,919 | 0.2% |
| Montana | $7,997,156 | 0.2% |
| North Dakota | $6,463,917 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $5,403,393 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $5,239,415 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $5,174,737 | 0.1% |
| Puerto Rico | $4,133,983 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $3,592,372 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $3,215,532 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $1,533,224 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $1,362,880 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $973,209 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $38,374 | 0.0% |
| AE | $1,165 | 0.0% |
| AP | $939 | 0.0% |
| GU | $666 | 0.0% |
| XX | $539 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $337 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $221 | 0.0% |
| AA | $19 | 0.0% |