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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Baxter Healthcare

Baxter Healthcare reported $6,360,152.78 in payments to 26,086 physicians and teaching hospitals across 26,142 transactions.

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$6.4M
Total payments
26,142
Transactions
26,086
Recipients
+$587.1K
General Payments vs PY2023

Baxter Healthcare reported $6,360,152.78 in payments to 26,086 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #232 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $243.81 per recipient across 8 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

Baxter Healthcare pairs top-quartile payment volume with an unusually diversified payment pattern across a wide recipient base.

#232
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.1%
paid to its single top recipient
8
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Baxter Healthcare's CMS-reported General Payments increased by $587.1K (+14.0%) 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: BAXTER HEALTHCAREPY2023: BAXTER HEALTHCAREPY2024: Baxter Healthcare. 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$4.2MPY2024$4.8M
PY2023
$4,197,082.20
PY2024
$4,784,137.14

How Baxter Healthcare 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.

Baxter Healthcare's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$6,360,153 Top 12% higher than 88% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $7,261,783–$22,556,757: 133 reporting companies (7%). Above this entry. $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 Baxter Healthcare

Baxter Healthcare ranks #232 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for Program Year 2024, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. The underlying total is $6,360,152.78 across 26,142 transactions to 26,086 physicians and teaching hospitals - $243.29 per transaction and $243.81 per recipient on average.

"Debt Forgiveness" leads the 8-category general-payment breakdown below at $1.6M (25.5% of the company's reported total, 1,675 transactions) - see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately.

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Across 8 types of general payments, Baxter Healthcare's largest category was "Debt Forgiveness" at $1.6M - 25.5% of the company's reported total.

How Baxter Healthcare divides its payments

How the reported total splits across payment categories

1. Debt Forgiveness$1.6M2. Consulting Fee$1.3M3. Food and Beverage$910.2K4. Education$578.6K5. Space Rental or Facility …$227.8K6. Travel and Lodging$133.6K7. Long-Term Medical Supply …$33.9K8. Royalty or License$8.6K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Debt Forgiveness $1.6M 1,675
Consulting Fee $1.3M 567
Food and Beverage $910.2K 22,766
Education $578.6K 122
Space Rental or Facility Fees $227.8K 45
Travel and Lodging $133.6K 616
Long-Term Medical Supply or Device Loan $33.9K 294
Royalty or License $8.6K 1

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $1,162,059.87 (24.3%) of $4,784,137.14 in this company's General Payments records across 15,046 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 Baxter Healthcare

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

Hoboken University Medical C…$360.2KGood Samaritan Medical Center$232.8KMountain Vista Medical Center$192.5KDenise Sharon Sinaga$190.6KSteward St. Elizabeths Medic…$186.0K
  1. 1

    Hoboken University Medical Center

    $360,231.56 across 189 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Good Samaritan Medical Center

    $232,768.04 across 200 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Mountain Vista Medical Center

    $192,452.63 across 8 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Denise Sharon Sinaga

    $190,600.00 across 12 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Steward St. Elizabeths Medical Ctr

    $186,007.64 across 233 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: $243.29. Average per recipient: $243.81.

Total Amount

$6,360,152.78

Avg per Transaction

$243.29

Avg per Recipient

$243.81

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

Baxter Healthcare Share

0.0%

#232 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Baxter Healthcare pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
Baxter Healthcare made $6,360,152.78 in payments to physicians and hospitals in Program Year 2024, across 26,142 individual transactions. This represents 0.0% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments.
How many physicians received payments from Baxter Healthcare? ▾
Baxter Healthcare made payments to 26,086 physicians and teaching hospitals in 2024. The average payment per recipient was $243.81.
What types of payments did Baxter Healthcare make? ▾
General payments from Baxter Healthcare span 8 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Debt Forgiveness" at $1.6M, representing 25.5% of the company's reported total.
How does Baxter Healthcare rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
By total payment amount, Baxter Healthcare sits at #232 of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Baxter Healthcare? ▾
In 2024, Baxter Healthcare averaged $243.29 per transaction across 26,142 transactions to 26,086 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Baxter Healthcare 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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