Data Analysis
Largest Pharmaceutical and Device Company Payments in New Jersey
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 New Jersey. The top 25 companies collectively paid $153,886,329 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 New Jersey Providers
CMS Open Payments| # | Company | Total Payments | Doctors Paid | Total Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $34,452,301 | 2,561 | 14,284 |
| 2 | Stryker Corporation | $9,499,060 | 2,749 | 28,507 |
| 3 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $9,177,549 | 9,230 | 123,584 |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC. | $8,767,778 | 10,147 | 128,834 |
| 5 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $5,707,918 | 682 | 11,631 |
| 6 | Amgen Inc. | $5,377,788 | 7,799 | 90,477 |
| 7 | Abbott Laboratories | $5,321,431 | 5,238 | 52,377 |
| 8 | Novo Nordisk Inc | $5,197,814 | 6,193 | 123,834 |
| 9 | PFIZER INC. | $5,063,323 | 10,515 | 92,152 |
| 10 | Lilly USA, LLC | $5,054,096 | 6,609 | 77,685 |
| 11 | GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $4,917,531 | 7,486 | 91,802 |
| 12 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | $4,550,419 | 24 | 291 |
| 13 | Align Technology, Inc. | $4,443,393 | 2,017 | 10,985 |
| 14 | Allergan, Inc. | $4,429,069 | 3,379 | 22,817 |
| 15 | Medtronic, Inc. | $4,371,447 | 4,923 | 29,797 |
| 16 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $4,049,615 | 4,335 | 33,463 |
| 17 | Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $3,983,166 | 7,179 | 68,638 |
| 18 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $3,979,571 | 1,259 | 9,999 |
| 19 | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $3,944,109 | 5,740 | 56,543 |
| 20 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $3,905,206 | 4,841 | 42,994 |
| 21 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $3,658,965 | 2,865 | 24,044 |
| 22 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | $3,617,664 | 6,853 | 39,756 |
| 23 | GENZYME CORPORATION | $3,573,294 | 3,193 | 23,802 |
| 24 | AbbVie Inc. | $3,507,743 | 6,584 | 60,617 |
| 25 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $3,336,079 | 2,137 | 11,810 |
State payment context — New Jersey
CMS Open PaymentsAcross 46,038 New Jersey providers with at least one disclosed industry payment over 2018–2024, the median provider received $371 in total payments, compared with a national median of $339 across 1,571,086 paid providers.
New Jersey accounts for 2.1% 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 — New Jersey
| Specialty | Median per provider | Providers paid | Total payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician | $25,072 | 44 | $2,829,660 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician | $12,319 | 36 | $7,412,071 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician | $8,109 | 73 | $3,464,883 |
| Hematology | $7,889 | 40 | $8,397,270 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $6,928 | 105 | $2,385,232 |
Industry payments in New Jersey by year
| Year | Total payments | Providers paid | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $45,986,262 | 20,759 | 380,627 |
| 2019 | $48,810,387 | 21,147 | 393,830 |
| 2020 | $34,524,888 | 17,106 | 229,998 |
| 2021 | $43,875,590 | 23,514 | 376,248 |
| 2022 | $49,751,493 | 26,230 | 430,479 |
| 2023 | $62,150,201 | 28,391 | 469,426 |
| 2024 | $57,511,794 | 29,879 | 512,157 |
Methodology
Company payment totals aggregated from CMS Open Payments records for providers licensed in New Jersey. 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.