Sandoz: 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
- $1.2M
- Providers paid
- 8,660
- Transactions
- 19,508
- Average per transaction
- $64
The average per transaction — $64 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | $118,819 | 9.6% |
| Texas | $116,541 | 9.4% |
| New York | $90,454 | 7.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $84,345 | 6.8% |
| Arizona | $82,171 | 6.6% |
| California | $77,864 | 6.3% |
| Florida | $72,781 | 5.9% |
| Washington | $70,352 | 5.7% |
| Alabama | $54,084 | 4.4% |
| Virginia | $53,034 | 4.3% |
| Illinois | $52,559 | 4.2% |
| Massachusetts | $38,045 | 3.1% |
| Colorado | $36,737 | 3.0% |
| Oklahoma | $31,393 | 2.5% |
| North Carolina | $29,622 | 2.4% |
| South Carolina | $29,255 | 2.4% |
| Ohio | $22,420 | 1.8% |
| Michigan | $17,567 | 1.4% |
| Louisiana | $17,116 | 1.4% |
| Georgia | $16,235 | 1.3% |
| New Jersey | $15,066 | 1.2% |
| Maryland | $14,683 | 1.2% |
| Tennessee | $14,663 | 1.2% |
| Missouri | $13,652 | 1.1% |
| Kentucky | $10,573 | 0.9% |
| Nevada | $9,406 | 0.8% |
| Connecticut | $6,578 | 0.5% |
| Indiana | $6,503 | 0.5% |
| District of Columbia | $5,817 | 0.5% |
| Wisconsin | $3,889 | 0.3% |
| Kansas | $3,853 | 0.3% |
| New Mexico | $3,813 | 0.3% |
| Utah | $3,762 | 0.3% |
| Nebraska | $3,373 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | $2,142 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | $2,070 | 0.2% |
| Delaware | $1,816 | 0.1% |
| Oregon | $1,677 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $1,603 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $998 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $762 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $757 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $730 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $560 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | $543 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $430 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $375 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $372 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $371 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $335 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $148 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $40 | 0.0% |