Data Analysis
Largest Pharmaceutical and Device Company Payments in Georgia
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 Georgia. The top 25 companies collectively paid $207,918,218 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 Georgia Providers
CMS Open Payments| # | Company | Total Payments | Doctors Paid | Total Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | $23,707,025 | 15 | 155 |
| 2 | NuVasive, Inc. | $18,046,164 | 203 | 3,362 |
| 3 | Stryker Corporation | $16,667,019 | 2,150 | 16,302 |
| 4 | Medtronic, Inc. | $15,732,699 | 6,169 | 35,207 |
| 5 | Medtronic USA, Inc. | $12,924,526 | 1,265 | 7,915 |
| 6 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $11,133,075 | 691 | 4,564 |
| 7 | Globus Medical, Inc. | $11,001,537 | 273 | 3,217 |
| 8 | ABBVIE INC. | $10,847,356 | 12,682 | 173,606 |
| 9 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $8,431,390 | 1,177 | 17,070 |
| 10 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $8,236,028 | 10,878 | 118,120 |
| 11 | Amgen Inc. | $6,693,100 | 9,839 | 104,521 |
| 12 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $6,655,258 | 2,005 | 11,852 |
| 13 | Lilly USA, LLC | $6,349,706 | 8,400 | 94,968 |
| 14 | Novo Nordisk Inc | $5,274,422 | 8,370 | 141,583 |
| 15 | Arthrex, Inc. | $5,069,650 | 426 | 5,177 |
| 16 | Boston Scientific Corporation | $4,747,317 | 6,159 | 38,851 |
| 17 | PFIZER INC. | $4,735,001 | 12,985 | 109,223 |
| 18 | Abbott Laboratories | $4,517,885 | 5,865 | 45,520 |
| 19 | AbbVie Inc. | $4,460,014 | 8,230 | 84,607 |
| 20 | GENZYME CORPORATION | $4,277,683 | 3,598 | 28,760 |
| 21 | Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $3,790,503 | 7,911 | 68,666 |
| 22 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $3,758,242 | 2,123 | 11,847 |
| 23 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $3,728,976 | 8,120 | 82,392 |
| 24 | GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $3,578,650 | 8,023 | 80,196 |
| 25 | CSL Behring | $3,554,992 | 1,114 | 7,597 |
State payment context — Georgia
CMS Open PaymentsAcross 48,760 Georgia providers with at least one disclosed industry payment over 2018–2024, the median provider received $399 in total payments, compared with a national median of $339 across 1,571,086 paid providers.
Georgia accounts for 2.5% 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 — Georgia
| Specialty | Median per provider | Providers paid | Total payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician | $16,006 | 46 | $10,150,397 |
| Hematology | $14,252 | 28 | $3,138,689 |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician | $13,970 | 37 | $1,881,199 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $6,755 | 104 | $3,159,969 |
| Vascular Surgery Physician | $5,252 | 140 | $1,826,929 |
Industry payments in Georgia by year
| Year | Total payments | Providers paid | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $60,365,005 | 18,491 | 356,031 |
| 2019 | $59,935,600 | 18,452 | 345,862 |
| 2020 | $34,758,266 | 15,426 | 215,560 |
| 2021 | $47,005,766 | 26,942 | 458,876 |
| 2022 | $71,957,552 | 29,102 | 509,742 |
| 2023 | $64,685,526 | 31,060 | 554,082 |
| 2024 | $67,673,753 | 32,852 | 590,277 |
Methodology
Company payment totals aggregated from CMS Open Payments records for providers licensed in Georgia. 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.