How Medtronic, Inc. Pays Doctors
The largest category by dollar amount is royalty or license, accounting for $45.9M across 551 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 277,084 meals averaging $47 each.
Royalty or License
551 payments, avg $83K
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v
6,662 payments, avg $3K
Food and Beverage
277,084 payments, avg $47
Travel and Lodging
50,351 payments, avg $229
Consulting Fee
2,739 payments, avg $3K
Acquisitions
49 payments, avg $141K
Grant
680 payments, avg $8K
Debt forgiveness
40 payments, avg $8K
Education
2,513 payments, avg $92
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program
33 payments, avg $2K
Gift
3 payments, avg $42
Where the Money Goes
Tennessee received the most from Medtronic, Inc.: $18.4M across 2,098 doctors.
Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.
Which Specialties Does Medtronic, Inc. Target?
Neurological Surgery doctors received the most from Medtronic, Inc.: $31.3M across 2,526 providers.
Products Behind the Payments
These are the drugs and medical devices that Medtronic, Inc. promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.
Top Recipients
These doctors received the most from Medtronic, Inc.. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.
Neurological Surgery · Memphis, TN
Surgery · Appleton, WI
Orthopaedic Surgery · New York, NY
Internal Medicine · Stanford, CA
Orthopaedic Surgery · Melbourne, FL
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · New Haven, CT
Neurological Surgery · Atlanta, GA
Neurological Surgery · Boca Raton, FL
Neurological Surgery · Miami, FL
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · New York, NY
Orthopaedic Surgery · San Francisco, CA
Neuroradiology · Mountain View, CA
Surgery · Ann Arbor, MI
General Practice · Phoenix, AZ
Vascular Surgery · Pelham, AL
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Medtronic, Inc. paid to doctors?
Medtronic, Inc. made 340,707 payments totaling $112.9M to 77,038 healthcare providers. The average payment was $331 and the largest single payment was $2.8M.
What types of payments does Medtronic, Inc. make?
Medtronic, Inc.'s payments include royalty or license ($45.9M), compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v ($21.4M), food and beverage ($13.0M). They provided 277,084 meals to doctors, averaging $47 per meal.
Which doctors receive the most from Medtronic, Inc.?
The top recipient is Kevin Foley (Neurological Surgery), who received $16.5M across 45 payments.
Are these payments legal?
Yes. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to publicly report payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments cover legitimate activities like consulting, research, education, and meals during educational presentations. The data is published through the CMS Open Payments program.
Where does this data come from?
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov), which collects and publishes information about payments from drug and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals. Companies are required by law to report these payments.
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Source: CMS Open Payments program. Data includes general and research payments to physicians and teaching hospitals.