How PFIZER INC. Pays Doctors
The largest category by dollar amount is compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v, accounting for $11.5M across 3,490 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 399,724 meals averaging $19 each.
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v
3,490 payments, avg $3K
Food and Beverage
399,724 payments, avg $19
Consulting Fee
1,447 payments, avg $4K
Travel and Lodging
4,155 payments, avg $493
Grant
14 payments, avg $67K
Honoraria
302 payments, avg $2K
Education
3,595 payments, avg $30
Royalty or License
1 payments, avg $60K
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program
1 payments, avg $36K
Charitable Contribution
1 payments, avg $3K
Entertainment
1 payments, avg $316
Where the Money Goes
New York received the most from PFIZER INC.: $3.1M across 8,227 doctors.
Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.
Which Specialties Does PFIZER INC. Target?
Hematology & Oncology doctors received the most from PFIZER INC.: $4.6M across 4,376 providers.
Products Behind the Payments
These are the drugs and medical devices that PFIZER INC. promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.
Top Recipients
These doctors received the most from PFIZER INC.. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.
Allergy & Immunology · Woodmere, NY
Hematology & Oncology · Charlotte, NC
Hematology & Oncology · Patchogue, NY
Dermatology · Philadelphia, PA
Hematology & Oncology · Milwaukee, WI
Hematology & Oncology · Phoenix, AZ
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Dallas, TX
Infectious Disease · New York, NY
Family · Louisville, KY
Pain Medicine · Sacramento, CA
Medical Oncology · Westwood, KS
Internal Medicine · Boston, MA
Dermatology · Fairfield, CT
Dermatology · Santa Ana, CA
Gastroenterology · Metairie, LA
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has PFIZER INC. paid to doctors?
PFIZER INC. made 412,734 payments totaling $28.5M to 128,131 healthcare providers. The average payment was $69 and the largest single payment was $250K.
What types of payments does PFIZER INC. make?
PFIZER INC.'s payments include compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v ($11.5M), food and beverage ($7.6M), consulting fee ($5.5M). They provided 399,724 meals to doctors, averaging $19 per meal.
Which doctors receive the most from PFIZER INC.?
The top recipient is Marc Braunstein (Allergy & Immunology), who received $438K across 12 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.