Purdue Pharma L.p.: 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
- $18M
- Providers paid
- 656
- Transactions
- 1,646
- Average per transaction
- $10,956
The average per transaction — $10,956 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $11,568,516 | 64.1% |
| Texas | $768,763 | 4.3% |
| Florida | $678,469 | 3.8% |
| California | $662,111 | 3.7% |
| Nevada | $614,739 | 3.4% |
| North Carolina | $544,170 | 3.0% |
| Washington | $351,118 | 1.9% |
| Oklahoma | $337,916 | 1.9% |
| Connecticut | $301,666 | 1.7% |
| New York | $296,406 | 1.6% |
| Tennessee | $240,649 | 1.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $213,792 | 1.2% |
| Missouri | $177,875 | 1.0% |
| Colorado | $176,827 | 1.0% |
| South Carolina | $148,225 | 0.8% |
| Arizona | $115,716 | 0.6% |
| Kentucky | $115,631 | 0.6% |
| New Jersey | $96,347 | 0.5% |
| Michigan | $91,306 | 0.5% |
| Georgia | $87,275 | 0.5% |
| Illinois | $77,476 | 0.4% |
| Virginia | $73,658 | 0.4% |
| Alabama | $71,174 | 0.4% |
| Delaware | $66,357 | 0.4% |
| Oregon | $55,750 | 0.3% |
| Arkansas | $43,922 | 0.2% |
| Massachusetts | $27,102 | 0.2% |
| Minnesota | $17,036 | 0.1% |
| Utah | $8,088 | 0.0% |
| Louisiana | $2,958 | 0.0% |
| Maryland | $1,440 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | $600 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | $521 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | $500 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | $148 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | $59 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $33 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $19 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | $14 | 0.0% |