Program Year 2019

General Payments624,738 providers 1,683 companies

Dataset totals — PY2019

$2,433,399,762.53

  • Category: General Payments
  • Program year: 2019
  • Records: 10,508,629
  • Providers: 624,738
  • Reporting companies: 1,683

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 PY2019.

Reported totals by company — PY2019 (20 shown)

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

CompanyReportedRecordsProviders
Stryker Corporation $142,994,731.60 121,079 23,272
DePuy Synthes Products LLC $135,225,074.64 2,874 410
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $85,022,794.58 88,174 24,434
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $81,543,305.65 165,870 43,213
Medtronic USA, Inc. $81,511,406.33 95,309 20,304
Arthrex, Inc. $78,258,434.80 43,274 3,900
Allergan Inc. $74,358,631.31 383,872 84,422
ABBVIE INC. $52,742,110.25 334,285 61,253
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $45,268,813.19 103,846 12,382
Acerta Pharma LLC $41,554,475.97 414,385 77,949
Amgen Inc. $40,199,477.23 391,637 77,790
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $38,345,925.93 131,012 21,984
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION $38,099,533.76 351,551 76,122
Lilly USA, LLC $36,797,789.10 293,343 51,423
PFIZER INC. $36,587,079.12 508,019 103,627
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $34,105,112.35 342,196 74,844
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $33,985,819.80 266,071 80,918
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $29,610,927.17 73,904 19,605
Abbott Laboratories $28,227,264.46 155,704 31,873
Novo Nordisk AS $26,673,636.94 386,911 53,037

Reported totals by specialty — PY2019 (20 shown)

Sorted by reported total.

SpecialtyReportedRecordsProviders
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery $377,087,130.70 223,471 14,967
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Psychiatry & Neurology|Neurology $112,378,657.17 499,498 10,632
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery|Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine $102,773,545.48 39,237 1,663
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Neurological Surgery $91,770,999.52 81,499 4,915
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Cardiovascular Disease $73,287,372.26 504,374 16,799
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine $67,719,165.09 1,157,715 49,737
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $65,101,009.79 75,068 3,945
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Hematology & Oncology $65,018,952.40 319,372 8,228
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $61,199,082.26 287,599 5,698
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Dermatology $58,863,953.14 332,628 8,923
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Psychiatry & Neurology|Psychiatry $55,301,427.28 396,588 16,666
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Ophthalmology $55,192,441.47 173,425 13,462
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Gastroenterology $54,181,811.21 387,934 12,748
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Surgery $51,374,111.25 165,484 15,193
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Rheumatology $50,793,794.54 297,424 4,450
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery|Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $47,620,367.48 20,240 928
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Interventional Cardiology $46,827,570.04 249,583 5,935
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Family Medicine $45,495,263.28 1,375,775 55,965
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Urology $39,456,678.07 211,966 9,047
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Pulmonary Disease $39,328,756.74 294,296 8,820

Other program years

Natures of payment