Rheumatology: industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $1,362,047,537 in payments to providers registered in this specialty across Open Payments program years 2019–2025.
- Providers
- 7,002
- Received a payment
- 6,655 (95.0%)
- Total reported
- $1.4B
- Average, those paid
- $204,665
The average is computed only over providers who received something, because including the 347 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 453 | $158,947,307 | $350,877 |
| Texas | 512 | $158,270,561 | $309,122 |
| California | 808 | $142,704,450 | $176,614 |
| New York | 541 | $83,878,699 | $155,044 |
| Pennsylvania | 351 | $71,195,726 | $202,837 |
| Michigan | 195 | $64,332,816 | $329,912 |
| Illinois | 287 | $59,891,339 | $208,681 |
| Arizona | 102 | $54,418,308 | $533,513 |
| Massachusetts | 265 | $47,742,096 | $180,159 |
| Missouri | 134 | $45,162,934 | $337,037 |
| Ohio | 255 | $43,568,442 | $170,857 |
| South Carolina | 123 | $42,438,338 | $345,027 |
| North Carolina | 210 | $40,778,004 | $194,181 |
| Alabama | 90 | $37,350,366 | $415,004 |
| Nevada | 43 | $32,907,158 | $765,283 |
| Tennessee | 127 | $25,202,227 | $198,443 |
| Washington | 157 | $24,345,304 | $155,066 |
| Colorado | 108 | $23,623,549 | $218,737 |
| Georgia | 177 | $18,656,228 | $105,402 |
| Oklahoma | 67 | $17,347,660 | $258,920 |
| Maryland | 173 | $16,486,334 | $95,297 |
| Puerto Rico | 88 | $14,892,469 | $169,233 |
| New Jersey | 234 | $13,141,962 | $56,162 |
| Louisiana | 88 | $12,590,676 | $143,076 |
| West Virginia | 26 | $12,098,859 | $465,341 |
| New Mexico | 44 | $9,244,481 | $210,102 |
| Nebraska | 39 | $8,612,967 | $220,845 |
| Oregon | 79 | $8,215,318 | $103,991 |
| Connecticut | 118 | $7,806,008 | $66,153 |
| Minnesota | 121 | $7,414,674 | $61,278 |
| Virginia | 159 | $6,999,158 | $44,020 |
| Kentucky | 81 | $6,564,077 | $81,038 |
| Wisconsin | 120 | $5,452,216 | $45,435 |
| New Hampshire | 48 | $5,063,087 | $105,481 |
| District of Columbia | 41 | $4,661,306 | $113,690 |
| Alaska | 11 | $4,580,029 | $416,366 |
| Indiana | 106 | $4,177,110 | $39,407 |
| Utah | 52 | $3,664,981 | $70,480 |
| Mississippi | 44 | $3,561,992 | $80,954 |
| Idaho | 28 | $2,571,582 | $91,842 |
| Arkansas | 48 | $2,489,591 | $51,866 |
| Iowa | 50 | $2,215,529 | $44,311 |
| Montana | 17 | $1,895,501 | $111,500 |
| North Dakota | 11 | $1,365,668 | $124,152 |
| Kansas | 49 | $1,341,375 | $27,375 |
| Rhode Island | 22 | $814,045 | $37,002 |
| Wyoming | 7 | $552,858 | $78,980 |
| Delaware | 16 | $426,623 | $26,664 |
| Hawaii | 21 | $175,198 | $8,343 |
| Maine | 28 | $143,726 | $5,133 |
| Vermont | 12 | $42,200 | $3,517 |
| South Dakota | 14 | $24,346 | $1,739 |
| AE | 1 | $62 | $62 |