How much do companies pay doctors in connection with ULTRA?

Across Open Payments program years 2019–2025, manufacturers reported $4,538,530 in payments to 13,287 U.S. providers naming ULTRA, across 41,002 separate transactions — an average of $111 per transaction. Most reported payments nationally are meals worth under $20.

Does being paid in connection with ULTRA mean a doctor is promoting it?

Not necessarily. Manufacturers must report the product associated with almost every transfer of value, including a meal provided during a presentation about that product. Consulting, speaking and research arrangements are also reported this way. The disclosure records an association, not a motive.

ULTRA: cost and payments to doctors

What Medicare Part D paid pharmacies for ULTRA, and the payments that named it as the associated device or medical supply under the Sunshine Act for program years 2019–2025.

Part D cost for ULTRA formulations

Medicare reports ULTRA under its specific formulations, which are priced separately.

ultra fine mini pen needle$40per 30-day fill · 469,358 claims · Pen Needle, Diabetic
ultra fine short pen needle$41per 30-day fill · 408,332 claims · Pen Needle, Diabetic
ultra fine nano pen needle$40per 30-day fill · 266,368 claims · Pen Needle, Diabetic

Paid to pharmacies by Part D plans and patients — not your cost, and not paid to the prescriber. Is this wrong?

Was your doctor paid by Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC?

Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC reported the most payments naming ULTRA. Search your clinician to see whether they are among them — and what else they were paid for.

Finding a payment is not a finding of wrongdoing — most reported payments are a meal during a presentation. What matters is the kind, the size, and how it compares with their peers, which is what the profile shows.

Total reported: $4.5M
Providers: 13,287
Transactions: 41,002
Average per transaction: $111

The per-transaction average — $111 — is the number that tells you what kind of spending this is. A few dollars means meals at product presentations, reported by the thousand. Hundreds or thousands means consulting, speaking or royalty arrangements with a much smaller group of physicians. Across all 13,287 providers the average total is $342, but that average hides a very steep distribution.

Companies reporting these payments

Company	Total reported	Share
Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC	$4,538,516	100.0%
Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.	$13	0.0%

Other products from Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC

The company that reported the most payments naming ULTRA also reports against these.

BIOTRUE$3,757,036
VISUDYNE$3,277,416
VYZULTA$2,819,288
BIOTRUE ONE DAY$2,764,451
OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTS$2,306,528
INFUSE$1,799,456
LOTEMAX SM$1,542,951
ENVISTA$1,526,231
TRULIGN TORIC$1,270,052
STELLARIS$833,484

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