W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.: 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
- $58.8M
- Providers paid
- 22,315
- Transactions
- 146,388
- Average per transaction
- $402
The average per transaction — $402 — 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 | $6,925,995 | 11.8% |
| Pennsylvania | $4,454,288 | 7.6% |
| Texas | $4,415,473 | 7.5% |
| Illinois | $3,830,662 | 6.5% |
| New York | $3,729,135 | 6.3% |
| North Carolina | $3,430,095 | 5.8% |
| Florida | $3,409,889 | 5.8% |
| Massachusetts | $2,908,322 | 4.9% |
| Wisconsin | $2,521,714 | 4.3% |
| Michigan | $2,327,649 | 4.0% |
| Ohio | $2,134,877 | 3.6% |
| Colorado | $1,809,295 | 3.1% |
| Missouri | $1,371,896 | 2.3% |
| Maryland | $1,294,980 | 2.2% |
| Virginia | $1,241,174 | 2.1% |
| Minnesota | $1,043,916 | 1.8% |
| South Carolina | $1,030,742 | 1.8% |
| Tennessee | $994,625 | 1.7% |
| Georgia | $969,649 | 1.6% |
| Utah | $799,804 | 1.4% |
| Arizona | $711,179 | 1.2% |
| New Hampshire | $677,544 | 1.2% |
| Oregon | $657,001 | 1.1% |
| Washington | $649,607 | 1.1% |
| New Jersey | $592,276 | 1.0% |
| Connecticut | $552,825 | 0.9% |
| Kentucky | $549,017 | 0.9% |
| West Virginia | $480,942 | 0.8% |
| Louisiana | $422,973 | 0.7% |
| Indiana | $379,437 | 0.6% |
| Iowa | $340,211 | 0.6% |
| New Mexico | $324,044 | 0.6% |
| Mississippi | $285,918 | 0.5% |
| Alabama | $263,916 | 0.4% |
| District of Columbia | $168,263 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | $162,986 | 0.3% |
| Oklahoma | $133,224 | 0.2% |
| Nevada | $125,684 | 0.2% |
| Arkansas | $104,980 | 0.2% |
| Puerto Rico | $96,491 | 0.2% |
| North Dakota | $82,675 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | $64,246 | 0.1% |
| Montana | $62,595 | 0.1% |
| Maine | $52,011 | 0.1% |
| Kansas | $46,533 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | $43,176 | 0.1% |
| Idaho | $41,363 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | $40,512 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | $32,812 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $16,237 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | $9,021 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | $7,720 | 0.0% |
| AE | $709 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $148 | 0.0% |
| AP | $135 | 0.0% |
| GU | $41 | 0.0% |