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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Abiomed

Abiomed reported $11,293,124.00 in payments to 57,768 physicians and teaching hospitals across 58,187 transactions.

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$11.3M
Total payments
58,187
Transactions
57,768
Recipients
+$1.5M
General Payments vs PY2023

Abiomed reported $11,293,124.00 in payments to 57,768 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #156 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.1% of all US industry payments), averaging $195.49 per recipient across 9 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

Abiomed pairs top-10% payment volume with an unusually diversified payment pattern across a wide recipient base.

#156
of 1,925 companies
0.1%
of all US industry payments
0.0%
paid to its single top recipient
9
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Abiomed's CMS-reported General Payments increased by $1.5M (+17.2%) 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: ABIOMEDPY2023: ABIOMEDPY2024: ABIOMED. 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$8.6MPY2024$10.1M
PY2023
$8,592,146.13
PY2024
$10,066,895.14

How Abiomed 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.

Abiomed's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$11,293,124 Top 8% higher than 92% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $22,556,757–$70,066,439: 45 reporting companies (2%). Above this entry. $70,066,439–$217,642,369: 26 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. $217,642,369–$676,046,922: 13 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. 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 Abiomed

$11,293,124.00: that is what Abiomed reported in payments to 57,768 physicians and teaching hospitals during Program Year 2024, spread across 58,187 transactions ($194.08 per transaction, $195.49 per recipient). The company sits at rank #156 of 1,925, a comparatively small 0.1% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

Of the 9 general-payment categories charted below, "Honoraria" is the largest at $4.3M across 693 transactions, 37.7% of the company's reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Across 9 types of general payments, Abiomed's largest category was "Honoraria" at $4.3M - 37.7% of the company's reported total.

How Abiomed divides its payments

Top payment categories by total reported dollar volume

1. Honoraria$4.3M2. Food and Beverage$2.8M3. Travel and Lodging$1.3M4. Grant$769.5K5. Consulting Fee$558.6K6. Space Rental or Facility …$232.0K7. Education$138.4K8. Gift$13.3K9. Compensation for Services…$1.7K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Honoraria $4.3M 693
Food and Beverage $2.8M 54,459
Travel and Lodging $1.3M 2,243
Grant $769.5K 16
Consulting Fee $558.6K 55
Space Rental or Facility Fees $232.0K 17
Education $138.4K 15
Gift $13.3K 269
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $1.7K 1

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $1,174,759.25 (11.7%) of $10,066,895.14 in this company's General Payments records across 23,469 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 Abiomed

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

George Vetrovec$411.4KNavin Kapur$283.1KWashington Hospital Center$180.0KScott Silvestry$155.9KWilliam O'neill$144.3K
  1. 1

    George Vetrovec

    $411,413.52 across 119 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Navin Kapur

    $283,122.05 across 79 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Washington Hospital Center

    $180,000.00 across 5 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Scott Silvestry

    $155,891.21 across 72 reported transactions

  5. 5

    William O'neill

    $144,332.47 across 72 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: $194.08. Average per recipient: $195.49.

Total Amount

$11,293,124.00

Avg per Transaction

$194.08

Avg per Recipient

$195.49

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

Abiomed Share

0.1%

#156 by total payments

Companies with Similar Payment Volumes

Pharmaceutical companies with payment totals similar to Abiomed

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$11.4M 23,649 recipients

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$11.4M 17 recipients

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.

$11.4M 4,194 recipients

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.

$11.5M 604 recipients

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Abiomed pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
0.1% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Abiomed, totaling $11,293,124.00 across 58,187 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Abiomed? ▾
Averaging $195.49 per recipient, Abiomed's 2024 payments reached 57,768 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did Abiomed make? ▾
Abiomed made 9 different types of general payments (consulting, meals, travel, and similar categories). The largest general-payment category was "Honoraria" at $4.3M, representing 37.7% of the company's reported total.
How does Abiomed rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
By total payment amount, Abiomed sits at #156 of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Abiomed? ▾
In 2024, Abiomed averaged $194.08 per transaction across 58,187 transactions to 57,768 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Abiomed 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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