The Facts About Open Payments Data

Display data for:
  • 2013 Totals
  • 2014 Totals
  • 2015 Totals
  • Total All Program Years

Total US Dollar Value

3.91
Billion
7.49
Billion
7.52
Billion
16.77
Billion

Total Records Published

4.46
Million
11.86
Million
11.90
Million
28.21
Million

Details by Payment Types

General Payments: US Dollar Value
$1.01 Billion
$2.64 Billion
$2.60 Billion
$6.25 Billion
General Payments
Disputed/Undisputed: US Dollar Value
$2.37 Million $3.39 Million $7.45 Million $13.21 Million / $1.01 Billion $2.64 Billion $2.60 Billion $6.24 Billion
General Payments: Number of Records
4.16 Million
11.18 Million
11.13 Million
26.47 Million
General Payments
Disputed/Undisputed: Number of Records
911 1,435 1,172 3,518 / 4.16 Million 11.18 Million 11.13 Million 26.47 Million
Research Payments: US Dollar Value
$1.81 Billion
$3.79 Billion
$3.89 Billion
$9.49 Billion
Research Payments
Disputed/Undisputed: US Dollar Value
$3.38 Million $10.98 Million $5.59 Million $19.95 Million / $1.81 Billion $3.78 Billion $3.88 Billion $9.47 Billion
Research Payments: Number of Records
295,000
673,000
765,000
1.73 Million
Research Payments
Disputed/Undisputed: Number of Records
251 796 448 1,495 / 294,000 672,000 764,000 1.73 Million
Value of Ownership or Investment Interest: US Dollar Value
$1.08 Billion
$1.06 Billion
$1.03 Billion
$1.03 Billion
Value of Ownership or Investment Interest
Disputed/Undisputed: US Dollar Value
$582,000 $906,000 $202,000 $202,000 / $1.08 Billion $1.06 Billion $1.03 Billion $1.03 Billion
Ownership or Investment Interest: Number of Records
5,109
5,268
4,322
4,322
Ownership or Investment Interest
Disputed/Undisputed: Number of Records
5 2 2 2 / 5,104 5,266 4,320 4,320

Total Companies Making Payments

1,392
1,580
1,456
1,868

Total Physicians
with Payment Records

480,000
618,000
618,000
812,000

Total Teaching Hospitals
with Payment Records

1,025
1,125
1,110
1,180
TotalGeneral Payments: US Dollar Value
$1.01 Billion
$2.64 Billion
$2.60 Billion
$6.25 Billion
TotalResearch Payments: US Dollar Value
$1.81 Billion
$3.79 Billion
$3.89 Billion
$9.49 Billion
TotalValue of Ownership or Investment Interest: US Dollar Value
$1.08 Billion
$1.06 Billion
$1.03 Billion
$1.03 Billion
General Paymentsto Physicians: US Dollar Value
$756 Million
$2.07 Billion
$2.00 Billion
$4.83 Billion
Research Payments and Associated Research Fundingto Physicians: US Dollar Value
$65.05 Million*
$98.02 Million*
$86.39 Million*
$249 Million*
Value of Ownership or Investment Interestto Physicians: US Dollar Value
$1.08 Billion
$1.06 Billion
$1.03 Billion
$1.03 Billion
General Paymentsto Teaching Hospitals: US Dollar Value
$253 Million
$567 Million
$605 Million
$1.42 Billion
Research Paymentsto Teaching Hospitals: US Dollar Value
$396 Million
$826 Million
$724 Million
$1.95 Billion
Ownership or Investment Interestto Teaching Hospitals: US Dollar Value
N/A**
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All numbers above 10,000 have been rounded.

*The physician research payments total includes: 1.) Payments where the company making the payment has named a physician as the primary recipient, and 2.) Payments to a research institution or entity where a physician is named as a principal investigator on the research project (i.e. received associated research funding).

**Ownership or Investment Interest is not applicable to Teaching Hospitals.

If you have information about incomplete or inaccurate data being reported to Open Payments, contact CMS’s Open Payments compliance unit at opcompliance@cms.hhs.gov.

Published on June 30, 2016. Learn more about the Open Payments program.