Top Internal Medicine in Washington by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top internal medicine practitioners in Washington by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $144,434,802 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: Washington
$144,434,802
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$266,185
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
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 Internal Medicine by Total Industry Payments — Washington

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Gust Bardy
Seattle, WA
$134,764,964
5 2018–2024
2
Stanford Peng
Seattle, WA
$2,503,163
1 2024–2024
3
Lakewood, WA
$1,474,069
24 2018–2024
4
Seattle, WA
$986,875
39 2018–2024
5
Lawrence Loeb
Bellevue, WA
$784,151
2 2020–2022
6
Seattle, WA
$653,299
20 2018–2024
7
Seattle, WA
$519,081
20 2018–2024
8
Spokane, WA
$367,703
26 2018–2024
9
Spokane, WA
$276,580
21 2018–2024
10
Olympia, WA
$266,185
20 2018–2024
11
Bellevue, WA
$249,790
45 2018–2024
12
Tacoma, WA
$240,042
11 2018–2024
13
Seattle, WA
$233,281
19 2018–2024
14
Scott Ramsey
Seattle, WA
$221,551
10 2018–2024
15
Spokane Valley, WA
$195,877
25 2018–2024
16
Seattle, WA
$157,339
16 2018–2024
17
Seattle, WA
$142,253
14 2018–2024
18
Seattle, WA
$140,045
7 2018–2024
19
Seattle, WA
$130,704
20 2018–2024
20
Vancouver, WA
$127,851
20 2018–2024

State payment context — Internal Medicine in Washington

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 1,715 internal medicine providers in Washington have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $149,519,197 (2018–2024).

The median internal medicine provider in Washington received $176 in total payments, versus a national median of $406 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in Washington peaked in 2021, when $116,307,956 changed hands across 6,900 transactions. Hill-Rom, Inc has been the largest single payer over the period, and Seattle leads all Washington cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Internal Medicine providers in Washington

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Hill-Rom, Inc $110,558,487 1 2
Boston Scientific Corporation $16,511,922 208 1,259
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $8,139,360 97 289
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $2,503,294 3 64
Amgen Inc. $764,647 298 2,897
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $675,576 382 4,166
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $607,042 165 1,192
Lilly USA, LLC $538,986 223 2,921

Industry payments to Internal Medicine providers in Washington by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $5,579,354 825 13,844
2019 $6,031,933 767 11,560
2020 $4,968,788 495 4,963
2021 $116,307,956 558 6,900
2022 $5,009,773 663 8,126
2023 $6,226,344 721 7,824
2024 $5,395,050 756 8,043

Top Washington cities for Internal Medicine industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Seattle $143,008,265 450 10,985
Lakewood $1,500,034 18 1,864
Bellevue $1,203,038 67 3,898
Spokane $831,977 130 4,477
Vancouver $567,191 106 4,835
Tacoma $559,422 158 6,336
Olympia $394,186 46 4,025
Spokane Valley $203,236 12 660
Methodology Providers filtered to Washington-licensed internal medicine practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 207R00000X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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