Optometrist: industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $290,854,583 in payments to providers registered in this specialty across Open Payments program years 2019–2025.
- Providers
- 51,595
- Received a payment
- 51,593 (100.0%)
- Total reported
- $290.9M
- Average, those paid
- $5,637
The average is computed only over providers who received something, because including the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6,778 | $41,753,122 | $6,160 |
| Florida | 3,166 | $34,804,122 | $10,993 |
| Texas | 4,315 | $25,240,340 | $5,849 |
| Tennessee | 1,122 | $17,318,904 | $15,436 |
| Ohio | 1,995 | $16,677,543 | $8,360 |
| Indiana | 1,318 | $13,604,265 | $10,322 |
| New York | 2,743 | $12,927,590 | $4,713 |
| Illinois | 2,257 | $10,441,854 | $4,626 |
| North Carolina | 1,326 | $10,363,789 | $7,816 |
| Georgia | 1,285 | $10,336,294 | $8,044 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,165 | $7,880,854 | $3,640 |
| Kansas | 567 | $6,717,896 | $11,848 |
| Missouri | 1,030 | $5,464,492 | $5,305 |
| Kentucky | 712 | $5,308,978 | $7,456 |
| Arizona | 1,134 | $5,274,044 | $4,651 |
| Minnesota | 826 | $4,733,652 | $5,731 |
| Virginia | 1,230 | $4,702,162 | $3,823 |
| Michigan | 1,523 | $4,392,523 | $2,884 |
| Massachusetts | 1,084 | $4,072,986 | $3,757 |
| Oklahoma | 714 | $3,655,839 | $5,120 |
| Washington | 1,267 | $3,533,303 | $2,789 |
| Alabama | 749 | $3,440,601 | $4,594 |
| South Carolina | 653 | $3,377,601 | $5,172 |
| New Jersey | 1,357 | $3,128,020 | $2,305 |
| Nevada | 494 | $2,974,634 | $6,022 |
| Rhode Island | 226 | $2,878,461 | $12,737 |
| Colorado | 1,025 | $2,763,988 | $2,697 |
| Oregon | 684 | $2,585,583 | $3,780 |
| South Dakota | 206 | $2,559,857 | $12,426 |
| Maryland | 790 | $2,109,420 | $2,670 |
| Wisconsin | 867 | $1,805,788 | $2,083 |
| Louisiana | 500 | $1,675,030 | $3,350 |
| Connecticut | 574 | $1,667,037 | $2,904 |
| Utah | 423 | $1,619,795 | $3,829 |
| Iowa | 559 | $1,041,316 | $1,863 |
| Idaho | 304 | $888,532 | $2,923 |
| Mississippi | 372 | $872,492 | $2,345 |
| Hawaii | 310 | $747,037 | $2,410 |
| New Hampshire | 235 | $672,722 | $2,863 |
| Arkansas | 442 | $655,155 | $1,482 |
| West Virginia | 210 | $643,294 | $3,063 |
| New Mexico | 228 | $623,642 | $2,735 |
| North Dakota | 179 | $592,402 | $3,310 |
| Nebraska | 383 | $562,865 | $1,470 |
| Wyoming | 102 | $477,525 | $4,682 |
| Montana | 184 | $324,979 | $1,766 |
| Maine | 224 | $296,694 | $1,325 |
| Delaware | 146 | $205,050 | $1,404 |
| Alaska | 163 | $178,404 | $1,095 |
| District of Columbia | 71 | $99,439 | $1,401 |
| Puerto Rico | 236 | $74,307 | $315 |
| Vermont | 80 | $55,849 | $698 |
| AE | 17 | $11,909 | $701 |
| AP | 15 | $5,395 | $360 |
| AA | 2 | $3,044 | $1,522 |
| ZZ | 3 | $1,604 | $535 |
| GU | 6 | $1,060 | $177 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 4 | $871 | $218 |
| MP | 2 | $73 | $37 |