Open Payments · Massachusetts

What drug & device companies paid Massachusetts doctors

Between 2018 and 2024, companies reported $4.93B in payments to 46,683 Massachusetts physicians and teaching hospitals. Explore totals by congressional district and county, company, and recipient. ‹ Back to the national map

Analysis by , Chief Technology Officer at Civly · built from the complete CMS Open Payments release, program years 2018–2024.

$4.93B
reported 2018–2024
46,683
physicians paid
$105,512
avg / physician
2,241
companies paying
$20M
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 Massachusetts doctors, and who gets paid

Reported payments for 2018–2024 from CMS Open Payments. A reported payment alone does not indicate wrongdoing.

Top payers

Drug & device companies, 2018–2024
Genentech, Inc.$389M
PFIZER INC.$354M
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP$293M
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.$260M
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A.,…$231M
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corpo…$187M
Eli Lilly and Company$151M
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$132M
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation$123M
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC$119M

Biggest recipients

Massachusetts physicians by total received, 2018–2024
Friedman David$20M
Pollak Martin$20M
Stark Martha$18M
Harris John$15M
Tornetta Paul$15M
Thornhill Thomas$11M
Murphy Stephen$7M
Garber Alan$7M

Top specialties

By total received, 2018–2024
Orthopaedic Surgery$70M
Internal Medicine$53M
Nephrology$49M
Cardiovascular Disease$34M
Diagnostic Radiology$33M
Dermatology$30M
Psychiatry$26M
Hematology & Oncology$23M

By the numbers, 2018–2024

46,683

physicians and teaching hospitals took at least one payment.

$4.93B

reported across 1,329,165 individual payments.

How Massachusetts compares nationally

Massachusetts ranks 4th of 51 for total reported payments, with $4.93B across 1,329,165 payments from 2018 to 2024. That is 6.3% of the $78.26B reported nationwide. Payments averaged $105,512 per recipient across 46,683 physicians and teaching hospitals, about 154% above the $41,481 national average (1st of 51 per physician). The largest payer was Genentech, Inc. at $389M. The highest-paid specialty was Orthopaedic Surgery. The largest individual recipient, Friedman David, received $20M across 42 payments.

#4
of 51 — total payments
#1
of 51 — per physician
6.3%
of all U.S. payments

Compare with nearby states

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