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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Cardinal Health Inc

Cardinal Health Inc reported $62,606.02 in payments to 40 physicians and teaching hospitals across 40 transactions.

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$62.6K
Total payments
40
Transactions
40
Recipients
−$3.5K
General Payments vs PY2023

Cardinal Health Inc reported $62,606.02 in payments to 40 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #1292 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $1.6K per recipient across 3 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Compiled from official public sources by the editorial team.

The verdict

Cardinal Health Inc pairs below-median payment volume with a concentrated payment pattern focused on a handful of top recipients.

#1292
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
1.0%
paid to its single top recipient
3
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Cardinal Health Inc's CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $3.5K (−5.3%) 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: CARDINAL HEALTH INCPY2023: CARDINAL HEALTH INCPY2024: Cardinal Health 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$66.1KPY2024$62.6K
PY2023
$66,089.71
PY2024
$62,606.02

How Cardinal Health 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.

Cardinal Health Inc's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$62,606 33rd percentile higher than 33% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $78,003–$242,294: 295 reporting companies (15%). Above this entry. $242,294–$752,621: 270 reporting companies (14%). Above this entry. $752,621–$2,337,813: 263 reporting companies (14%). Above this entry. $2,337,813–$7,261,783: 200 reporting companies (10%). Above this entry. $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 Cardinal Health Inc

$62,606.02: that is what Cardinal Health Inc reported in payments to 40 physicians and teaching hospitals during Program Year 2024, spread across 40 transactions ($1.6K per transaction, $1.6K per recipient). The company sits at rank #1292 of 1,925, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

The 3-category breakdown below covers general payments only (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately). The largest general-payment category is "Consulting Fee" at $60.1K, accounting for 96.0% of the company's reported total and 12 transactions.

General Payment Breakdown by Type

"Consulting Fee" leads Cardinal Health Inc's 3-category general-payment breakdown at $60.1K, 96.0% of the reported total.

How Cardinal Health Inc divides its payments

Ranked by total dollars reported per category

1. Consulting Fee$60.1K2. Travel and Lodging$1.3K3. Food and Beverage$1.2K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Consulting Fee $60.1K 12
Travel and Lodging $1.3K 8
Food and Beverage $1.2K 20

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $62,055.80 (99.1%) of $62,606.02 in this company's General Payments records across 18 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 Cardinal Health Inc

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

Kevin Soden$61.5KJohn Hassan$202.05David Morris$202.05Daniel Becker$131.70Dialecti Voudouris$63.68
  1. 1

    Kevin Soden

    $61,456.32 across 22 reported transactions

  2. 2

    John Hassan

    $202.05 across 1 reported transactions

  3. 3

    David Morris

    $202.05 across 1 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Daniel Becker

    $131.70 across 1 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Dialecti Voudouris

    $63.68 across 1 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: $1.6K. Average per recipient: $1.6K.

Total Amount

$62,606.02

Avg per Transaction

$1.6K

Avg per Recipient

$1.6K

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

Cardinal Health Inc Share

0.0%

#1292 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Cardinal Health Inc pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
In Program Year 2024, CMS Open Payments recorded $62,606.02 from Cardinal Health Inc to physicians and hospitals across 40 transactions - 0.0% of all industry payments reported that year.
How many physicians received payments from Cardinal Health Inc? ▾
Cardinal Health Inc made payments to 40 physicians and teaching hospitals in 2024. The average payment per recipient was $1.6K.
What types of payments did Cardinal Health Inc make? ▾
General payments from Cardinal Health Inc span 3 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Consulting Fee" at $60.1K, representing 96.0% of the company's reported total.
How does Cardinal Health Inc rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Cardinal Health Inc ranks #1292 out of 1,925 companies by total payment amount in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Cardinal Health Inc? ▾
In 2024, Cardinal Health Inc averaged $1.6K per transaction across 40 transactions to 40 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Cardinal Health 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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