Program Year 2021

General Payments771,324 providers 1,723 companies

Dataset totals — PY2021

$2,283,218,269.44

  • Category: General Payments
  • Program year: 2021
  • Records: 11,517,063
  • Providers: 771,324
  • Reporting companies: 1,723

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 PY2021.

Reported totals by company — PY2021 (20 shown)

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

CompanyReportedRecordsProviders
Medtronic, Inc. $136,084,588.75 208,134 55,176
Hill-Rom, Inc $110,558,486.75 2 1
Stryker Corporation $108,143,220.37 109,353 23,384
ABBVIE INC. $92,107,722.82 1,332,923 167,238
Arthrex, Inc. $88,164,628.42 36,537 3,448
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $87,857,883.20 69,326 18,320
DePuy Synthes Products LLC $69,739,902.56 2,161 364
Allergan Inc. $64,305,291.47 191,851 43,040
Henry Schein, Inc. $44,717,730.90 1,268 922
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $42,224,242.31 64,590 9,634
Acerta Pharma LLC $40,722,677.03 435,787 104,750
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $39,688,019.05 958 434
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $37,285,503.07 148,708 46,330
PFIZER INC. $36,532,016.38 308,711 98,758
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $28,640,700.84 59,063 17,712
Novo Nordisk AS $27,287,330.99 473,303 80,150
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $26,804,967.61 213,289 88,594
Amgen Inc. $24,930,803.36 364,239 87,264
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $23,949,992.19 307,801 72,111
Abbott Laboratories $23,283,686.31 233,075 56,126

Reported totals by specialty — PY2021 (20 shown)

Sorted by reported total.

SpecialtyReportedRecordsProviders
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery $380,909,398.97 167,065 13,974
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $138,797,668.44 93,454 2,888
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Psychiatry & Neurology|Neurology $86,179,164.12 414,475 9,279
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Neurological Surgery $85,848,647.69 66,379 4,691
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine $63,304,163.74 891,298 41,172
Dental Providers|Dentist|General Practice $62,447,020.02 111,445 37,654
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery|Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine $59,296,560.97 34,572 1,638
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Nephrology $54,083,460.18 98,856 6,805
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery|Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $47,043,870.46 16,289 951
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Hematology & Oncology $46,489,765.24 193,541 8,055
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Cardiovascular Disease $45,566,992.92 360,273 15,131
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Dermatology $42,104,678.69 274,231 8,448
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Surgery $41,785,833.82 107,171 13,450
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Family Medicine $39,706,084.42 1,149,720 46,879
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Radiology|Diagnostic Radiology $37,613,371.28 31,162 6,270
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Psychiatry & Neurology|Psychiatry $37,409,136.09 268,833 12,006
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Orthopaedic Surgery|Sports Medicine $37,134,012.35 28,953 2,236
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Interventional Cardiology $36,547,903.05 190,777 5,955
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Gastroenterology $34,579,256.71 323,777 11,444
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Ophthalmology $34,391,215.00 148,657 12,016

Other program years

Natures of payment