Zimmer Biomet: 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
- $637.8M
- Providers paid
- 55,422
- Transactions
- 344,970
- Average per transaction
- $1,849
The average per transaction — $1,849 — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | $100,344,375 | 15.7% |
| California | $48,673,862 | 7.6% |
| Illinois | $48,662,022 | 7.6% |
| Pennsylvania | $44,237,635 | 6.9% |
| New York | $43,987,239 | 6.9% |
| New Jersey | $34,433,700 | 5.4% |
| Ohio | $33,824,984 | 5.3% |
| Utah | $30,206,290 | 4.7% |
| Minnesota | $27,831,268 | 4.4% |
| Missouri | $23,778,025 | 3.7% |
| Florida | $22,060,286 | 3.5% |
| Texas | $18,631,231 | 2.9% |
| Maryland | $12,696,996 | 2.0% |
| Indiana | $11,643,410 | 1.8% |
| Nevada | $11,388,021 | 1.8% |
| Idaho | $11,033,354 | 1.7% |
| Michigan | $10,488,188 | 1.6% |
| Colorado | $10,216,476 | 1.6% |
| North Carolina | $10,081,350 | 1.6% |
| Washington | $8,955,944 | 1.4% |
| Massachusetts | $8,866,159 | 1.4% |
| Georgia | $8,573,241 | 1.3% |
| Arizona | $7,834,688 | 1.2% |
| Nebraska | $7,718,179 | 1.2% |
| Kentucky | $6,806,874 | 1.1% |
| Oregon | $5,013,868 | 0.8% |
| Wisconsin | $4,373,235 | 0.7% |
| Tennessee | $3,745,739 | 0.6% |
| Arkansas | $2,850,381 | 0.4% |
| District of Columbia | $2,710,173 | 0.4% |
| Louisiana | $2,029,383 | 0.3% |
| Maine | $1,798,140 | 0.3% |
| Mississippi | $1,747,457 | 0.3% |
| Kansas | $1,321,292 | 0.2% |
| New Mexico | $1,124,163 | 0.2% |
| Alabama | $1,107,302 | 0.2% |
| Rhode Island | $1,036,551 | 0.2% |
| South Carolina | $1,008,798 | 0.2% |
| Hawaii | $855,485 | 0.1% |
| Iowa | $758,239 | 0.1% |
| Connecticut | $515,579 | 0.1% |
| New Hampshire | $452,300 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | $442,225 | 0.1% |
| Puerto Rico | $376,970 | 0.1% |
| Vermont | $375,173 | 0.1% |
| Wyoming | $320,950 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | $276,059 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | $261,139 | 0.0% |
| Montana | $124,146 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | $90,942 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | $61,719 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | $53,793 | 0.0% |
| AP | $7,862 | 0.0% |
| AE | $5,066 | 0.0% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $1,705 | 0.0% |
| GU | $1,513 | 0.0% |
| AA | $927 | 0.0% |
| MP | $450 | 0.0% |