IndustryPayments

Program Year 2018

General Payments631,243 providers 1,630 companies

Dataset totals — PY2018

$2,269,563,457.16

  • Category: General Payments
  • Program year: 2018
  • Records: 10,888,595
  • Providers: 631,243
  • Reporting companies: 1,630

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How this figure is calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • Dataset-level totals for the labeled program year, General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never combined into these figures.
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

Coverage: program years 2018–2024 are loaded, General Payments only. This page reflects the CMS publication snapshot for PY2018.

Reported totals by company — PY2018 (20 shown)

Sorted by reported total — a dataset fact, not a ranking of conduct.

CompanyReportedRecordsProviders
Stryker Corporation $78,062,274.11 107,179 22,327
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $72,615,575.70 86,208 24,120
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $72,337,417.89 144,398 39,557
Arthrex, Inc. $70,206,196.16 19,748 3,483
Allergan Inc. $67,854,029.11 413,852 96,498
Medtronic USA, Inc. $65,504,481.10 95,961 21,752
DePuy Synthes Products LLC $61,393,577.86 2,511 409
Acerta Pharma LLC $41,281,093.88 456,106 84,572
ABBVIE INC. $40,543,805.56 327,078 64,085
PFIZER INC. $39,441,141.35 594,653 113,790
Amgen Inc. $38,436,527.20 401,405 82,367
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $36,883,773.40 148,737 24,228
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $35,827,448.80 289,345 85,425
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $35,664,812.53 34,058 7,255
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $34,870,926.37 337,826 73,848
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $33,540,136.17 85,048 10,424
GENZYME CORPORATION $29,692,235.46 71,048 16,952
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $29,028,544.71 59,239 17,321
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. $28,606,440.07 4,866 2,721
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $28,130,511.35 346,015 71,802

Reported totals by specialty — PY2018 (20 shown)

Sorted by reported total.

SpecialtyReportedRecordsProviders
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery $296,104,821.77 202,575 14,865
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Psychiatry & Neurology|Neurology $106,845,279.78 478,961 10,479
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Neurological Surgery $104,761,857.94 77,665 4,941
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine $86,573,616.32 1,296,988 51,288
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $70,975,423.75 305,385 5,768
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Cardiovascular Disease $70,969,723.60 536,533 16,953
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery|Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine $62,205,517.66 37,957 1,619
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Hematology & Oncology $57,997,064.08 320,881 8,321
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Gastroenterology $56,802,543.75 423,114 13,187
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Psychiatry & Neurology|Psychiatry $55,312,786.29 402,175 16,938
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Dermatology $52,786,966.24 324,859 8,764
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Ophthalmology $49,302,278.69 155,099 13,447
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Rheumatology $45,562,552.81 302,555 4,525
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Surgery $45,287,211.99 154,586 15,123
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Family Medicine $44,242,753.52 1,562,736 58,062
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery|Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $43,531,320.76 18,548 880
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Interventional Cardiology $41,275,484.10 253,424 5,884
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Medical Oncology $39,630,143.88 118,844 3,264
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Urology $35,587,426.66 215,956 9,007
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $35,153,700.34 136,347 2,903

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