Data Analysis
Largest Pharmaceutical and Device Company Payments in Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania. The top 25 companies collectively paid $296,756,839 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 Pennsylvania Providers
CMS Open Payments| # | Company | Total Payments | Doctors Paid | Total Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $42,896,095 | 2,714 | 16,266 |
| 2 | Stryker Corporation | $32,095,290 | 3,583 | 35,076 |
| 3 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $16,298,014 | 12,487 | 143,518 |
| 4 | Arthrex, Inc. | $14,845,148 | 673 | 12,332 |
| 5 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation | $14,063,489 | 7,859 | 45,571 |
| 6 | PFIZER INC. | $12,563,847 | 13,833 | 150,041 |
| 7 | Medtronic, Inc. | $12,334,309 | 7,243 | 51,045 |
| 8 | ABBVIE INC. | $12,180,767 | 13,939 | 197,598 |
| 9 | Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $10,424,674 | 3,151 | 21,408 |
| 10 | Lilly USA, LLC | $9,948,547 | 8,840 | 112,471 |
| 11 | Abbott Laboratories | $9,669,533 | 7,346 | 67,065 |
| 12 | Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $9,282,473 | 11,127 | 107,964 |
| 13 | Vitalant | $9,133,865 | 7 | 277 |
| 14 | ENCORE MEDICAL, LP | $8,661,373 | 71 | 1,882 |
| 15 | Amgen Inc. | $8,580,778 | 10,698 | 111,334 |
| 16 | Novo Nordisk Inc | $8,577,970 | 9,082 | 165,209 |
| 17 | GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $8,318,032 | 8,809 | 121,203 |
| 18 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $7,886,829 | 1,554 | 18,724 |
| 19 | Becton, Dickinson and Company | $7,818,858 | 737 | 1,707 |
| 20 | GENZYME CORPORATION | $7,805,506 | 3,946 | 29,302 |
| 21 | Boston Scientific Corporation | $7,025,874 | 7,152 | 44,336 |
| 22 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $6,999,086 | 8,670 | 54,751 |
| 23 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | $6,876,630 | 40 | 423 |
| 24 | Alkermes, Inc. | $6,458,285 | 2,367 | 19,267 |
| 25 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $6,011,569 | 1,369 | 8,221 |
State payment context — Pennsylvania
CMS Open PaymentsAcross 70,929 Pennsylvania providers with at least one disclosed industry payment over 2018–2024, the median provider received $298 in total payments, compared with a national median of $339 across 1,571,086 paid providers.
Pennsylvania accounts for 4.0% 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 — Pennsylvania
| Specialty | Median per provider | Providers paid | Total payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician | $17,608 | 108 | $11,016,576 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician | $9,229 | 48 | $44,922,110 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician | $6,341 | 36 | $11,773,990 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $5,493 | 153 | $7,361,758 |
| Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician | $4,377 | 81 | $2,039,692 |
Industry payments in Pennsylvania by year
| Year | Total payments | Providers paid | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $93,521,900 | 27,498 | 503,828 |
| 2019 | $98,262,053 | 27,073 | 479,468 |
| 2020 | $65,995,871 | 20,797 | 250,083 |
| 2021 | $88,197,557 | 32,089 | 484,645 |
| 2022 | $92,559,853 | 36,958 | 559,627 |
| 2023 | $108,431,308 | 40,464 | 625,872 |
| 2024 | $103,942,204 | 42,325 | 658,474 |
Methodology
Company payment totals aggregated from CMS Open Payments records for providers licensed in Pennsylvania. 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.