Data Analysis
Largest Pharmaceutical and Device Company Payments in Florida
The CMS Open Payments program requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to disclose payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals. This analysis ranks the top companies by total payments made to providers in Florida. The top 25 companies collectively paid $623,851,199 to healthcare providers in this state.
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements.
This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.
Top Companies by Total Payments to Florida Providers
CMS Open Payments| # | Company | Total Payments | Doctors Paid | Total Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | $95,715,659 | 94 | 882 |
| 2 | Medtronic, Inc. | $61,171,510 | 14,293 | 102,038 |
| 3 | Stryker Corporation | $50,982,563 | 6,374 | 70,192 |
| 4 | ENCORE MEDICAL, LP | $43,298,466 | 225 | 4,482 |
| 5 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $30,932,051 | 6,113 | 36,161 |
| 6 | ABBVIE INC. | $27,138,190 | 29,371 | 345,948 |
| 7 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $24,453,532 | 25,084 | 277,493 |
| 8 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $24,015,890 | 3,007 | 44,234 |
| 9 | Arthrex, Inc. | $23,353,841 | 1,522 | 25,801 |
| 10 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $22,248,011 | 3,903 | 35,477 |
| 11 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $21,871,183 | 4,477 | 27,570 |
| 12 | Medtronic USA, Inc. | $21,007,710 | 3,087 | 19,519 |
| 13 | Lilly USA, LLC | $19,916,803 | 19,475 | 211,163 |
| 14 | Amgen Inc. | $17,792,232 | 23,281 | 238,346 |
| 15 | Boston Scientific Corporation | $14,727,521 | 15,282 | 86,030 |
| 16 | GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $14,235,243 | 18,358 | 192,591 |
| 17 | GENZYME CORPORATION | $14,162,092 | 8,718 | 70,919 |
| 18 | Abbott Laboratories | $13,852,410 | 14,846 | 130,325 |
| 19 | PFIZER INC. | $13,310,621 | 28,906 | 248,342 |
| 20 | Novo Nordisk Inc | $12,913,231 | 17,987 | 237,819 |
| 21 | Allergan, Inc. | $12,401,169 | 9,355 | 65,294 |
| 22 | Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $11,640,807 | 20,268 | 154,247 |
| 23 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $11,289,582 | 20,487 | 209,284 |
| 24 | AbbVie Inc. | $10,966,708 | 18,206 | 163,649 |
| 25 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $10,454,175 | 2,229 | 14,723 |
State payment context — Florida
CMS Open PaymentsAcross 120,694 Florida providers with at least one disclosed industry payment over 2018–2024, the median provider received $439 in total payments, compared with a national median of $339 across 1,571,086 paid providers.
Florida accounts for 8.0% of the $16,205,257,917 in industry payments recorded nationwide in this database, and its per-provider median runs above the national benchmark.
Top specialties by median industry payment — Florida
| Specialty | Median per provider | Providers paid | Total payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician | $25,760 | 143 | $10,190,194 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician | $18,197 | 124 | $22,716,548 |
| Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician | $9,903 | 42 | $28,863,596 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $8,524 | 308 | $10,312,419 |
| Orthopaedic Trauma Physician | $8,517 | 52 | $9,239,080 |
Industry payments in Florida by year
| Year | Total payments | Providers paid | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $165,844,824 | 47,585 | 896,175 |
| 2019 | $216,352,255 | 47,226 | 868,231 |
| 2020 | $146,682,865 | 38,658 | 510,934 |
| 2021 | $185,129,028 | 63,449 | 1,024,502 |
| 2022 | $190,921,312 | 70,195 | 1,162,228 |
| 2023 | $195,111,951 | 76,306 | 1,296,745 |
| 2024 | $203,458,671 | 80,470 | 1,351,129 |
Methodology
Company payment totals aggregated from CMS Open Payments records for providers licensed in Florida. Includes all payment categories (research, consulting, speaking, meals, travel, and other). Rankings reflect cumulative payments across all available years, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.