Vericel Corporation: 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
- $5.7M
- Providers paid
- 5,801
- Transactions
- 15,543
- Average per transaction
- $368
The average per transaction — $368 — 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 | $1,076,613 | 18.8% |
| Pennsylvania | $628,669 | 11.0% |
| New York | $476,872 | 8.3% |
| Ohio | $435,733 | 7.6% |
| Massachusetts | $352,133 | 6.2% |
| Florida | $344,145 | 6.0% |
| Illinois | $267,333 | 4.7% |
| Connecticut | $239,718 | 4.2% |
| Washington | $234,682 | 4.1% |
| North Carolina | $194,539 | 3.4% |
| Colorado | $187,911 | 3.3% |
| Texas | $180,170 | 3.2% |
| Georgia | $171,106 | 3.0% |
| Indiana | $88,284 | 1.5% |
| Arizona | $88,003 | 1.5% |
| South Carolina | $84,888 | 1.5% |
| West Virginia | $61,594 | 1.1% |
| New Jersey | $56,605 | 1.0% |
| Michigan | $54,538 | 1.0% |
| Wisconsin | $51,620 | 0.9% |
| Alabama | $43,659 | 0.8% |
| Virginia | $41,927 | 0.7% |
| Iowa | $40,217 | 0.7% |
| Louisiana | $39,032 | 0.7% |
| Maryland | $32,739 | 0.6% |
| Missouri | $30,334 | 0.5% |
| Oregon | $29,557 | 0.5% |
| District of Columbia | $22,247 | 0.4% |
| Kansas | $20,312 | 0.4% |
| Mississippi | $18,084 | 0.3% |
| Utah | $18,009 | 0.3% |
| Oklahoma | $17,315 | 0.3% |
| Minnesota | $15,262 | 0.3% |
| Nevada | $9,834 | 0.2% |
| Tennessee | $9,632 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $6,312 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $5,875 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $5,731 | 0.1% |
| Kentucky | $4,966 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $4,686 | 0.1% |
| Arkansas | $4,635 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $4,077 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $3,635 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $2,832 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $2,457 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $947 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | $837 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $515 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $440 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $428 | 0.0% |
| AP | $252 | 0.0% |
| AE | $224 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $200 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $111 | 0.0% |