Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC: 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
- $451K
- Providers paid
- 11,150
- Transactions
- 20,483
- Average per transaction
- $22
The average per transaction — $22 — 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 | $59,459 | 13.2% |
| California | $51,694 | 11.5% |
| Florida | $36,281 | 8.0% |
| New York | $36,082 | 8.0% |
| Ohio | $19,718 | 4.4% |
| Nevada | $18,496 | 4.1% |
| Connecticut | $18,313 | 4.1% |
| Kentucky | $17,278 | 3.8% |
| Maryland | $14,964 | 3.3% |
| New Jersey | $14,008 | 3.1% |
| Pennsylvania | $12,975 | 2.9% |
| Georgia | $11,908 | 2.6% |
| Tennessee | $11,604 | 2.6% |
| Illinois | $11,543 | 2.6% |
| Virginia | $11,212 | 2.5% |
| Michigan | $10,790 | 2.4% |
| Colorado | $10,155 | 2.2% |
| Arizona | $9,445 | 2.1% |
| Indiana | $8,487 | 1.9% |
| North Carolina | $8,052 | 1.8% |
| Missouri | $6,294 | 1.4% |
| Louisiana | $6,089 | 1.3% |
| Alabama | $5,573 | 1.2% |
| Massachusetts | $4,700 | 1.0% |
| Kansas | $4,358 | 1.0% |
| Oklahoma | $3,899 | 0.9% |
| South Carolina | $3,809 | 0.8% |
| Arkansas | $3,189 | 0.7% |
| Washington | $3,055 | 0.7% |
| Minnesota | $2,990 | 0.7% |
| Nebraska | $2,407 | 0.5% |
| Oregon | $1,644 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | $1,483 | 0.3% |
| Mississippi | $1,463 | 0.3% |
| Wisconsin | $1,308 | 0.3% |
| District of Columbia | $759 | 0.2% |
| Delaware | $746 | 0.2% |
| Utah | $614 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | $608 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $562 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $441 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | $370 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $198 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | $125 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | $91 | 0.0% |
| Maine | $86 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $52 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | $46 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $43 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $42 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $31 | 0.0% |
| AE | $16 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $11 | 0.0% |