Data Analysis
Largest Pharmaceutical and Device Company Payments in Massachusetts
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 Massachusetts. The top 25 companies collectively paid $247,475,250 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 Massachusetts Providers
CMS Open Payments| # | Company | Total Payments | Doctors Paid | Total Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $45,522,955 | 122 | 669 |
| 2 | PFIZER INC. | $20,461,472 | 5,037 | 44,619 |
| 3 | Incyte Corporation | $17,521,433 | 640 | 4,963 |
| 4 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | $16,242,926 | 2,323 | 16,126 |
| 5 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | $15,659,384 | 81 | 799 |
| 6 | Stryker Corporation | $14,833,273 | 1,470 | 14,140 |
| 7 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $14,458,466 | 1,142 | 6,055 |
| 8 | Medtronic, Inc. | $11,104,977 | 2,580 | 19,781 |
| 9 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $9,492,958 | 1,697 | 10,831 |
| 10 | Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC | $8,468,309 | 81 | 551 |
| 11 | Boston Scientific Corporation | $6,854,446 | 2,304 | 16,407 |
| 12 | ABBVIE INC. | $6,051,168 | 5,192 | 59,997 |
| 13 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $5,875,526 | 3,894 | 39,281 |
| 14 | MicroPort Orthopedics Inc | $5,427,301 | 21 | 191 |
| 15 | Abbott Laboratories | $5,283,518 | 2,452 | 19,130 |
| 16 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $5,215,794 | 2,148 | 13,589 |
| 17 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $4,964,659 | 473 | 1,736 |
| 18 | GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $4,716,406 | 2,925 | 23,841 |
| 19 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $4,594,673 | 595 | 7,188 |
| 20 | Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $4,374,111 | 74 | 391 |
| 21 | Conformis, Inc. | $4,186,586 | 26 | 210 |
| 22 | GENZYME CORPORATION | $4,162,539 | 1,640 | 10,405 |
| 23 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $4,067,221 | 3,208 | 20,723 |
| 24 | Amgen Inc. | $4,004,322 | 3,140 | 23,753 |
| 25 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $3,930,825 | 1,652 | 9,372 |
State payment context — Massachusetts
CMS Open PaymentsAcross 37,033 Massachusetts providers with at least one disclosed industry payment over 2018–2024, the median provider received $242 in total payments, compared with a national median of $339 across 1,571,086 paid providers.
Massachusetts accounts for 3.1% of the $16,205,257,917 in industry payments recorded nationwide in this database, and its per-provider median runs below the national benchmark.
Top specialties by median industry payment — Massachusetts
| Specialty | Median per provider | Providers paid | Total payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician | $12,309 | 29 | $6,239,740 |
| Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician | $12,084 | 38 | $1,463,019 |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician | $10,301 | 40 | $6,139,630 |
| Colon & Rectal Surgery | $5,289 | 28 | $484,995 |
| Vascular Surgery Physician | $4,370 | 105 | $2,454,738 |
Industry payments in Massachusetts by year
| Year | Total payments | Providers paid | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $68,462,017 | 13,265 | 147,820 |
| 2019 | $76,907,585 | 13,421 | 150,066 |
| 2020 | $47,326,167 | 9,476 | 69,889 |
| 2021 | $96,268,552 | 13,795 | 132,110 |
| 2022 | $74,979,749 | 16,400 | 160,629 |
| 2023 | $66,270,138 | 18,295 | 190,942 |
| 2024 | $68,806,595 | 19,837 | 211,122 |
Methodology
Company payment totals aggregated from CMS Open Payments records for providers licensed in Massachusetts. 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.