Smith+Nephew: 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
- $328.5M
- Providers paid
- 71,375
- Transactions
- 458,477
- Average per transaction
- $716
The average per transaction — $716 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $64,604,979 | 19.7% |
| California | $46,635,674 | 14.2% |
| Florida | $37,797,021 | 11.5% |
| Illinois | $22,064,655 | 6.7% |
| Massachusetts | $19,940,696 | 6.1% |
| Pennsylvania | $14,331,046 | 4.4% |
| Texas | $13,617,330 | 4.1% |
| Nevada | $9,773,757 | 3.0% |
| North Carolina | $9,442,305 | 2.9% |
| Virginia | $7,205,795 | 2.2% |
| Ohio | $6,492,430 | 2.0% |
| Utah | $6,185,802 | 1.9% |
| Missouri | $4,857,808 | 1.5% |
| Georgia | $4,820,915 | 1.5% |
| Arizona | $4,490,535 | 1.4% |
| Michigan | $4,460,500 | 1.4% |
| Maryland | $4,316,608 | 1.3% |
| Colorado | $4,270,561 | 1.3% |
| Minnesota | $4,269,422 | 1.3% |
| New Jersey | $4,004,134 | 1.2% |
| Kentucky | $3,454,937 | 1.1% |
| Indiana | $3,434,364 | 1.0% |
| Washington | $2,758,131 | 0.8% |
| Tennessee | $2,631,716 | 0.8% |
| South Carolina | $2,604,849 | 0.8% |
| Wisconsin | $2,368,241 | 0.7% |
| Maine | $1,548,829 | 0.5% |
| Alabama | $1,465,628 | 0.4% |
| Connecticut | $1,447,530 | 0.4% |
| Mississippi | $1,440,786 | 0.4% |
| Oregon | $1,377,234 | 0.4% |
| Hawaii | $1,343,240 | 0.4% |
| Louisiana | $1,327,860 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | $1,099,854 | 0.3% |
| Oklahoma | $960,144 | 0.3% |
| District of Columbia | $931,582 | 0.3% |
| Nebraska | $584,647 | 0.2% |
| Idaho | $466,082 | 0.1% |
| Kansas | $422,869 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $419,322 | 0.1% |
| Puerto Rico | $347,112 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $329,680 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $319,535 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $318,462 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $297,195 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $292,022 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $266,979 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $195,211 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $187,929 | 0.1% |
| North Dakota | $118,397 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $61,278 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $42,042 | 0.0% |
| AP | $12,435 | 0.0% |
| AE | $1,379 | 0.0% |
| AS | $732 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $375 | 0.0% |
| GU | $307 | 0.0% |
| MP | $130 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $81 | 0.0% |
| XX | $19 | 0.0% |