Synthes GmbH: 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
- $12.1M
- Providers paid
- 1,466
- Transactions
- 14,733
- Average per transaction
- $822
The average per transaction — $822 — 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 | $1,717,777 | 14.2% |
| Texas | $768,504 | 6.3% |
| Washington | $693,619 | 5.7% |
| New York | $658,463 | 5.4% |
| Pennsylvania | $617,864 | 5.1% |
| Ohio | $509,573 | 4.2% |
| North Carolina | $479,045 | 4.0% |
| Missouri | $472,752 | 3.9% |
| Illinois | $454,879 | 3.8% |
| Florida | $442,676 | 3.7% |
| Michigan | $431,309 | 3.6% |
| Massachusetts | $403,121 | 3.3% |
| Maryland | $378,734 | 3.1% |
| Minnesota | $362,364 | 3.0% |
| Georgia | $332,115 | 2.7% |
| Arizona | $265,069 | 2.2% |
| Wisconsin | $244,917 | 2.0% |
| Virginia | $235,070 | 1.9% |
| Kentucky | $231,971 | 1.9% |
| Indiana | $218,710 | 1.8% |
| West Virginia | $205,979 | 1.7% |
| Colorado | $188,538 | 1.6% |
| Connecticut | $176,047 | 1.5% |
| Tennessee | $171,454 | 1.4% |
| New Jersey | $169,740 | 1.4% |
| South Carolina | $159,789 | 1.3% |
| Louisiana | $153,955 | 1.3% |
| Utah | $127,454 | 1.1% |
| Maine | $125,016 | 1.0% |
| Oregon | $99,494 | 0.8% |
| Vermont | $95,561 | 0.8% |
| Mississippi | $82,204 | 0.7% |
| Delaware | $56,808 | 0.5% |
| Hawaii | $55,222 | 0.5% |
| New Hampshire | $45,317 | 0.4% |
| Kansas | $43,914 | 0.4% |
| Rhode Island | $41,925 | 0.3% |
| Alabama | $41,879 | 0.3% |
| Montana | $37,901 | 0.3% |
| Idaho | $22,145 | 0.2% |
| Iowa | $20,214 | 0.2% |
| Nevada | $18,904 | 0.2% |
| Arkansas | $15,794 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | $10,276 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $9,694 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $8,821 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $4,327 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $1,329 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | $750 | 0.0% |