Vertex: 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
- $678.2M
- Providers paid
- 35,151
- Transactions
- 72,397
- Average per transaction
- $9,368
The average per transaction — $9,368 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | $83,689,881 | 12.3% |
| Massachusetts | $74,852,432 | 11.0% |
| Arizona | $61,488,705 | 9.1% |
| Florida | $48,864,378 | 7.2% |
| California | $44,152,229 | 6.5% |
| Kansas | $31,587,224 | 4.7% |
| Tennessee | $29,436,849 | 4.3% |
| New York | $27,786,396 | 4.1% |
| Utah | $27,089,867 | 4.0% |
| Georgia | $25,683,990 | 3.8% |
| Nebraska | $23,604,376 | 3.5% |
| Illinois | $18,994,403 | 2.8% |
| Missouri | $18,622,493 | 2.7% |
| North Carolina | $14,189,995 | 2.1% |
| Pennsylvania | $14,028,069 | 2.1% |
| Ohio | $13,738,465 | 2.0% |
| Colorado | $11,940,358 | 1.8% |
| Washington | $10,149,457 | 1.5% |
| Wisconsin | $10,148,842 | 1.5% |
| New Jersey | $9,409,364 | 1.4% |
| Maryland | $8,271,501 | 1.2% |
| Virginia | $7,262,013 | 1.1% |
| Alabama | $6,121,378 | 0.9% |
| Minnesota | $6,015,971 | 0.9% |
| Arkansas | $5,950,232 | 0.9% |
| Indiana | $5,570,805 | 0.8% |
| South Carolina | $5,566,187 | 0.8% |
| Michigan | $4,869,707 | 0.7% |
| Louisiana | $4,448,831 | 0.7% |
| Oregon | $3,105,880 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | $2,467,913 | 0.4% |
| Idaho | $2,450,892 | 0.4% |
| Rhode Island | $2,123,992 | 0.3% |
| Connecticut | $1,782,993 | 0.3% |
| Nevada | $1,588,659 | 0.2% |
| Kentucky | $1,539,966 | 0.2% |
| Vermont | $1,494,958 | 0.2% |
| Mississippi | $1,365,551 | 0.2% |
| New Hampshire | $1,302,426 | 0.2% |
| New Mexico | $972,500 | 0.1% |
| District of Columbia | $741,587 | 0.1% |
| Iowa | $707,821 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $643,374 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $638,425 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $541,287 | 0.1% |
| Puerto Rico | $458,824 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $362,640 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $234,598 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $99,865 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $31,247 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $3,327 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $739 | 0.0% |
| ZZ | $194 | 0.0% |
| AP | $142 | 0.0% |
| AE | $76 | 0.0% |
| AA | $31 | 0.0% |