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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Abbvie Inc.

Abbvie Inc. reported $607,840,432.38 in payments to 1,721,235 physicians and teaching hospitals across 1,766,164 transactions.

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$607.8M
Total payments
1,766,164
Transactions
1,721,235
Recipients
−$30.7M
General Payments vs PY2023

Abbvie Inc. reported $607,840,432.38 in payments to 1,721,235 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #5 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (4.4% of all US industry payments), averaging $353.14 per recipient across 11 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.

Data currency: Figures are rendered from the processed CMS Open Payments release. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial team.

The verdict

Abbvie Inc. pairs top-1% payment volume with an unusually diversified payment pattern across a wide recipient base.

#5
of 1,925 companies
4.4%
of all US industry payments
0.0%
paid to its single top recipient
11
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Abbvie Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $30.7M (−16.4%) from PY2023 to PY2024. The comparison uses the same CMS manufacturer-by-payment-category summary for both years and excludes research and ownership or investment records.

CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: ABBVIE INC.PY2023: ABBVIE INC.PY2024: ABBVIE INC.. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.

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General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024

Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total

PY2023$187.4MPY2024$156.7M
PY2023
$187,442,970.89
PY2024
$156,729,107.39

How Abbvie Inc. ranks nationally

Where this company's total reported payments fall within the full national distribution of all 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments, not just its nearest peers.

Abbvie Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$607,840,432 Top 1% higher than 99% of 1,925 reporting companies

$9–$28: 3 reporting companies (0%). Below this entry. $28–$87: 10 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $87–$270: 20 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $270–$838: 41 reporting companies (2%). Below this entry. $838–$2,603: 76 reporting companies (4%). Below this entry. $2,603–$8,084: 114 reporting companies (6%). Below this entry. $8,084–$25,112: 167 reporting companies (9%). Below this entry. $25,112–$78,003: 249 reporting companies (13%). Below this entry. $78,003–$242,294: 295 reporting companies (15%). Below this entry. $242,294–$752,621: 270 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $752,621–$2,337,813: 263 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $2,337,813–$7,261,783: 200 reporting companies (10%). Below this entry. $7,261,783–$22,556,757: 133 reporting companies (7%). Below this entry. $22,556,757–$70,066,439: 45 reporting companies (2%). Below this entry. $70,066,439–$217,642,369: 26 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $217,642,369–$676,046,922: 13 reporting companies (1%). This entry sits in this band. This company $9 $676,046,922 every reporting company, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Open Payments · 2024

What the Data Shows for Abbvie Inc.

Abbvie Inc. ranks #5 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for Program Year 2024, a top-tier 4.4% share of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. The underlying total is $607,840,432.38 across 1,766,164 transactions to 1,721,235 physicians and teaching hospitals - $344.16 per transaction and $353.14 per recipient on average.

Of the 11 general-payment categories charted below, "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" is the largest at $69.3M across 32,943 transactions, 11.4% of the company's reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

"Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" leads Abbvie Inc.'s 11-category general-payment breakdown at $69.3M, 11.4% of the reported total.

How Abbvie Inc. divides its payments

Ranked by total dollars reported per category

1. Compensation for Services…$69.3M2. Food and Beverage$35.0M3. Consulting Fee$16.2M4. Royalty or License$14.6M5. Travel and Lodging$9.3M6. Grant$5.6M7. Acquisitions$5.1M8. Education$999.0K9. Space Rental or Facility …$595.2K10. Charitable Contribution$30.0K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $69.3M 32,943
Food and Beverage $35.0M 1,647,191
Consulting Fee $16.2M 6,035
Royalty or License $14.6M 8
Travel and Lodging $9.3M 28,351
Grant $5.6M 630
Acquisitions $5.1M 18
Education $999.0K 5,804
Space Rental or Facility Fees $595.2K 233
Charitable Contribution $30.0K 2
Gift $4.6K 20

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $21,828,716.05 (13.9%) of $156,729,107.39 in this company's General Payments records across 226,730 recipients. This is a CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.

Largest General-Payment relationships for Abbvie Inc.

The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company

William Binder$7.4MGeorge Maxwell$7.2MHelen Thackray$4.0MMontefiore Medical Center$2.1MSam Khalifian$1.1M
  1. 1

    William Binder

    $7,420,904.46 across 4 reported transactions

  2. 2

    George Maxwell

    $7,220,120.87 across 4 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Helen Thackray

    $3,968,074.84 across 2 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Montefiore Medical Center

    $2,134,720.80 across 303 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Sam Khalifian

    $1,084,895.08 across 374 reported transactions

Compare this company's payment profile with similarly sized manufacturers in the company comparison tool, and consult the methodology for the CMS source scope.

Payment Size Analysis

Average transaction size: $344.16. Average per recipient: $353.14.

Total Amount

$607,840,432.38

Avg per Transaction

$344.16

Avg per Recipient

$353.14

Payment Transparency Context

What is the Sunshine Act?

The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments can include consulting fees, research grants, speaker fees, food and beverages, travel, royalties, and other forms of compensation.

Industry Total (2024)

$13.9B

across 1,925 companies

Abbvie Inc. Share

4.4%

#5 by total payments

Companies with Similar Payment Volumes

Pharmaceutical companies with payment totals similar to Abbvie Inc.

Eli Lilly and Company

$652.4M 8,748 recipients

ModernaTX, Inc.

$665.3M 3,173 recipients

Pfizer Inc.

$673.7M 570,295 recipients

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

$676.0M 411,238 recipients

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

$525.2M 216,602 recipients

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

$428.2M 858,609 recipients

Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Abbvie Inc. pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
4.4% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Abbvie Inc., totaling $607,840,432.38 across 1,766,164 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Abbvie Inc.? ▾
1,721,235 physicians and teaching hospitals received payments from Abbvie Inc. in 2024, averaging $353.14 per recipient.
What types of payments did Abbvie Inc. make? ▾
11 categories of general payment make up Abbvie Inc.'s reported activity, including consulting, meals, travel, and similar types. The largest general-payment category was "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" at $69.3M, representing 11.4% of the company's reported total.
How does Abbvie Inc. rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024, Abbvie Inc. ranks #5 by total payment amount.
What is the average payment size from Abbvie Inc.? ▾
Abbvie Inc.'s 1,766,164 transactions to 1,721,235 recipients in 2024 averaged $344.16 per transaction.
Where does the payment data for Abbvie Inc. come from? ▾
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (Sunshine Act), which requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data covers Program Year 2024.

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Total industry payments: $13.9B across 1,925 companies.

Data sourced from CMS Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPharmaWatch Editorial
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