Data Analysis
Largest Pharmaceutical and Device Company Payments in Ohio
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 Ohio. The top 25 companies collectively paid $253,113,412 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 Ohio Providers
CMS Open Payments| # | Company | Total Payments | Doctors Paid | Total Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stryker Corporation | $45,771,569 | 3,270 | 35,106 |
| 2 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $33,790,339 | 2,203 | 14,491 |
| 3 | Arthrex, Inc. | $23,029,495 | 559 | 10,800 |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC. | $12,349,435 | 14,256 | 219,946 |
| 5 | Medtronic, Inc. | $11,653,441 | 6,264 | 47,894 |
| 6 | Becton, Dickinson and Company | $10,296,518 | 613 | 928 |
| 7 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $10,174,719 | 11,593 | 118,895 |
| 8 | Lilly USA, LLC | $8,122,836 | 8,206 | 96,451 |
| 9 | GENZYME CORPORATION | $7,461,505 | 3,761 | 28,775 |
| 10 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $7,206,893 | 1,160 | 13,925 |
| 11 | Amgen Inc. | $7,109,723 | 9,837 | 88,505 |
| 12 | PFIZER INC. | $7,075,089 | 12,644 | 130,520 |
| 13 | Boston Scientific Corporation | $6,441,106 | 5,015 | 33,580 |
| 14 | Abbott Laboratories | $6,111,017 | 6,569 | 48,425 |
| 15 | AbbVie Inc. | $6,016,826 | 8,631 | 91,946 |
| 16 | ENCORE MEDICAL, LP | $6,004,291 | 79 | 1,555 |
| 17 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $5,546,743 | 8,444 | 76,697 |
| 18 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $5,508,874 | 6,381 | 37,287 |
| 19 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $5,274,937 | 1,475 | 15,026 |
| 20 | Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $5,081,025 | 9,222 | 69,624 |
| 21 | Wright Medical Technology, Inc. | $4,988,601 | 241 | 1,420 |
| 22 | Novo Nordisk Inc | $4,743,852 | 8,706 | 129,574 |
| 23 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $4,541,977 | 1,221 | 6,776 |
| 24 | GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $4,528,539 | 7,543 | 74,848 |
| 25 | CSL Behring | $4,284,062 | 1,330 | 8,559 |
State payment context — Ohio
CMS Open PaymentsAcross 61,806 Ohio providers with at least one disclosed industry payment over 2018–2024, the median provider received $307 in total payments, compared with a national median of $339 across 1,571,086 paid providers.
Ohio accounts for 3.4% 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 — Ohio
| Specialty | Median per provider | Providers paid | Total payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthopaedic Trauma Physician | $15,866 | 26 | $2,178,361 |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician | $12,361 | 83 | $2,537,407 |
| Hematology | $11,368 | 54 | $3,885,454 |
| Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician | $7,385 | 93 | $3,249,154 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician | $7,332 | 44 | $17,050,034 |
Industry payments in Ohio by year
| Year | Total payments | Providers paid | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $83,337,684 | 22,590 | 430,722 |
| 2019 | $84,128,557 | 22,750 | 414,912 |
| 2020 | $53,490,809 | 17,860 | 211,553 |
| 2021 | $69,659,301 | 29,221 | 425,543 |
| 2022 | $83,176,200 | 34,100 | 514,508 |
| 2023 | $91,455,224 | 36,534 | 566,470 |
| 2024 | $91,521,679 | 38,529 | 593,269 |
Methodology
Company payment totals aggregated from CMS Open Payments records for providers licensed in Ohio. 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.