Open Payments · California

What drug & device companies paid California doctors

Between 2018 and 2024, companies reported $11.42B in payments to 177,638 California physicians and teaching hospitals — broken down below by congressional district and county, plus who paid and who got paid. ‹ Back to the national map

$11.42B
reported 2018–2024
177,638
physicians paid
$64,312
avg / physician
2,734
companies paying
$143M
biggest recipient

Shaded by total reported payments. Hover an area for detail; click to drill in. ZIP→area mapping covers ~98% of payments (PO-box/unique ZIPs excluded). Source: CMS Open Payments, loaded by Civly.

Who pays California doctors, and who gets paid

2018–2024 reported payments, from Civly's loaded copy of CMS Open Payments. A payment is a disclosure, not an accusation.

Top payers

Drug & device companies, 2018–2024
ICU Medical Inc$1.53B
Genentech, Inc.$1.32B
PFIZER INC.$627M
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corpo…$477M
Eli Lilly and Company$368M
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation$243M
ModernaTX, Inc.$220M
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP$217M
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC$187M
Janssen Research & Development…$186M

Biggest recipients

California physicians by total received, 2018–2024
Binder William$143M
Love Ted$102M
Moll Frederic$95M
Bae Dr. Hyun$56M
Elattrache Neal$53M
Chao Michael$24M
Ruddle Clifford$23M
Berez Aaron$23M

Top specialties

By total received, 2018–2024
Internal Medicine$1.64B
Orthopaedic Surgery$248M
Cardiovascular Disease$182M
General Practice$148M
Plastic Surgery Within the Hea…$144M
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spi…$132M
Ophthalmology$92M
Sports Medicine$81M

By the numbers, 2018–2024

177,638

physicians and teaching hospitals took at least one payment.

$11.42B

reported across 8,290,662 individual payments.

How California compares nationally

California is one of the country's biggest markets for industry money, ranking 1st of 51 for total reported payments — $11.42B across 8,290,662 individual payments from 2018 to 2024, 14.6% of the $78.26B reported nationwide. Spread across the 177,638 California physicians and teaching hospitals that took at least one payment, that's $64,312 per recipient — about 55% above the $41,481 national average, 3rd of 51 on a per-physician basis. Within the state, the biggest single payer was ICU Medical Inc at $1.53B; Internal Medicine took in more than any other specialty; the state's largest individual recipient, Binder William, was paid $143M across 55 payments.

#1
of 51 — total payments
#3
of 51 — per physician
14.6%
of all U.S. payments

Compare with nearby states

Every state gets the same breakdown — payments mapped by district and county, top payers and specialties, and a doctor lookup. Or start from the national map.