How Stryker Corporation Pays Doctors
The largest category by dollar amount is royalty or license, accounting for $70.0M across 925 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 114,104 meals averaging $58 each.
Royalty or License
925 payments, avg $76K
Consulting Fee
6,579 payments, avg $4K
Travel and Lodging
22,706 payments, avg $326
Food and Beverage
114,104 payments, avg $58
Acquisitions
16 payments, avg $212K
Education
561 payments, avg $284
Grant
4 payments, avg $450
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v
1 payments, avg $140
Where the Money Goes
California received the most from Stryker Corporation: $9.0M across 2,642 doctors.
Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.
Which Specialties Does Stryker Corporation Target?
Orthopaedic Surgery doctors received the most from Stryker Corporation: $58.7M across 7,247 providers.
Products Behind the Payments
These are the drugs and medical devices that Stryker Corporation promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.
Top Recipients
These doctors received the most from Stryker Corporation. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Baltimore, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Glenview, IL
Orthopaedic Surgery · Red Bluff, CA
Vascular Surgery · Brooklyn, NY
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Baltimore, MD
Neurological Surgery · Phoenix, AZ
Surgical Oncology · Phoenix, AZ
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Bensalem, PA
Orthopaedic Surgery · Athens, GA
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Saint Louis, MO
Orthopaedic Surgery · Cleveland, OH
Orthopaedic Surgery · Louisville, KY
Orthopaedic Surgery · Temple, TX
Orthopaedic Surgery · Sartell, MN
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Stanford, CA
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Stryker Corporation paid to doctors?
Stryker Corporation made 144,896 payments totaling $113.3M to 28,695 healthcare providers. The average payment was $782 and the largest single payment was $1.4M.
What types of payments does Stryker Corporation make?
Stryker Corporation's payments include royalty or license ($70.0M), consulting fee ($25.8M), travel and lodging ($7.4M). They provided 114,104 meals to doctors, averaging $58 per meal.
Which doctors receive the most from Stryker Corporation?
The top recipient is John Carbone (Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine), who received $2.8M across 8 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.