Data Analysis
Largest Pharmaceutical and Device Company Payments in Washington
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 Washington. The top 25 companies collectively paid $256,749,767 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 Washington Providers
CMS Open Payments| # | Company | Total Payments | Doctors Paid | Total Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hill-Rom, Inc | $110,558,487 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Boston Scientific Corporation | $20,791,186 | 2,210 | 13,291 |
| 3 | Stryker Corporation | $13,468,217 | 1,390 | 15,043 |
| 4 | Beckman Coulter, Inc. | $12,089,909 | 16 | 78 |
| 5 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | $10,548,118 | 18 | 385 |
| 6 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $9,840,240 | 1,507 | 8,860 |
| 7 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | $8,795,841 | 924 | 3,518 |
| 8 | Ethicon Inc. | $6,953,459 | 48 | 246 |
| 9 | Dentsply Sirona Inc | $6,261,210 | 1,498 | 3,913 |
| 10 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $5,927,070 | 733 | 10,664 |
| 11 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $5,884,977 | 574 | 5,377 |
| 12 | ABBVIE INC. | $5,387,621 | 4,037 | 42,297 |
| 13 | Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $5,005,588 | 523 | 4,557 |
| 14 | NuVasive, Inc. | $4,355,399 | 118 | 2,252 |
| 15 | Medtronic, Inc. | $4,086,898 | 2,161 | 16,104 |
| 16 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $3,288,516 | 2,893 | 26,059 |
| 17 | Lilly USA, LLC | $3,013,468 | 2,270 | 20,577 |
| 18 | Amgen Inc. | $2,751,659 | 2,480 | 20,249 |
| 19 | Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl | $2,735,249 | 1 | 42 |
| 20 | PFIZER INC. | $2,647,481 | 3,122 | 23,850 |
| 21 | VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | $2,647,082 | 67 | 214 |
| 22 | DePuy Synthes Products LLC | $2,511,291 | 6 | 72 |
| 23 | Allergan, Inc. | $2,441,530 | 1,400 | 8,369 |
| 24 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $2,399,927 | 1,095 | 6,792 |
| 25 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $2,359,344 | 1,763 | 10,612 |
State payment context — Washington
CMS Open PaymentsAcross 29,493 Washington providers with at least one disclosed industry payment over 2018–2024, the median provider received $226 in total payments, compared with a national median of $339 across 1,571,086 paid providers.
Washington accounts for 2.4% 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 — Washington
| Specialty | Median per provider | Providers paid | Total payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician | $5,826 | 39 | $6,138,710 |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician | $5,137 | 28 | $605,880 |
| Vascular Surgery Physician | $4,528 | 99 | $1,447,957 |
| Interventional Cardiology | $3,633 | 52 | $2,054,818 |
| Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician | $3,412 | 48 | $612,709 |
Industry payments in Washington by year
| Year | Total payments | Providers paid | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $45,568,277 | 11,321 | 124,751 |
| 2019 | $44,199,914 | 10,925 | 117,218 |
| 2020 | $29,345,935 | 7,847 | 55,330 |
| 2021 | $146,586,791 | 11,620 | 102,874 |
| 2022 | $39,298,959 | 13,371 | 124,205 |
| 2023 | $44,122,846 | 14,422 | 136,528 |
| 2024 | $41,556,528 | 15,453 | 150,069 |
Methodology
Company payment totals aggregated from CMS Open Payments records for providers licensed in Washington. 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.