Optician: industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $23,009 in payments to providers registered in this specialty across Open Payments program years 2019–2025.
- Providers
- 194
- Received a payment
- 194 (100.0%)
- Total reported
- $23K
- Average, those paid
- $119
The average is computed only over providers who received something, because including the 0 who received nothing would produce a number that describes neither group. Totals are dominated by a small number of large royalty and consulting arrangements; the typical payment in this specialty is far smaller than the average implies.
By state
| State | Providers | Total reported | Per provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 48 | $5,754 | $120 |
| Florida | 32 | $4,725 | $148 |
| California | 11 | $3,278 | $298 |
| Massachusetts | 31 | $3,194 | $103 |
| South Carolina | 5 | $1,187 | $237 |
| Georgia | 6 | $996 | $166 |
| Connecticut | 13 | $874 | $67 |
| New Jersey | 5 | $844 | $169 |
| Ohio | 12 | $705 | $59 |
| Tennessee | 3 | $302 | $101 |
| North Carolina | 5 | $300 | $60 |
| Arizona | 2 | $155 | $78 |
| Puerto Rico | 6 | $152 | $25 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | $120 | $40 |
| Nevada | 1 | $120 | $120 |
| Texas | 3 | $91 | $30 |
| Virginia | 2 | $62 | $31 |
| Kentucky | 3 | $60 | $20 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | $55 | $55 |
| Washington | 1 | $22 | $22 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $13 | $13 |