Sientra, 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
- $5.2M
- Providers paid
- 4,000
- Transactions
- 22,038
- Average per transaction
- $234
The average per transaction — $234 — 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 | $1,514,686 | 29.4% |
| Tennessee | $704,592 | 13.7% |
| Pennsylvania | $410,873 | 8.0% |
| Texas | $336,627 | 6.5% |
| Florida | $319,124 | 6.2% |
| Illinois | $258,885 | 5.0% |
| New York | $195,289 | 3.8% |
| North Carolina | $186,755 | 3.6% |
| Kentucky | $152,147 | 3.0% |
| Massachusetts | $146,788 | 2.8% |
| Arizona | $143,837 | 2.8% |
| Kansas | $86,281 | 1.7% |
| Louisiana | $57,282 | 1.1% |
| Oklahoma | $53,968 | 1.0% |
| New Jersey | $46,954 | 0.9% |
| Colorado | $43,675 | 0.8% |
| Oregon | $43,552 | 0.8% |
| Minnesota | $43,162 | 0.8% |
| Maryland | $41,915 | 0.8% |
| Virginia | $35,641 | 0.7% |
| Washington | $31,824 | 0.6% |
| Ohio | $31,646 | 0.6% |
| Idaho | $30,921 | 0.6% |
| Georgia | $26,468 | 0.5% |
| Hawaii | $25,713 | 0.5% |
| South Carolina | $25,433 | 0.5% |
| Michigan | $22,099 | 0.4% |
| Missouri | $19,384 | 0.4% |
| Nevada | $15,690 | 0.3% |
| Alabama | $15,411 | 0.3% |
| Utah | $12,537 | 0.2% |
| District of Columbia | $10,793 | 0.2% |
| Indiana | $10,414 | 0.2% |
| West Virginia | $9,397 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $8,109 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | $5,690 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $4,703 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | $4,130 | 0.1% |
| Wisconsin | $3,724 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $3,683 | 0.1% |
| Iowa | $3,364 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $1,502 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | $1,486 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $1,408 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $1,099 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $868 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $646 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $573 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $432 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $337 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $159 | 0.0% |