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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Cochlear Americas

Cochlear Americas reported $2,819,601.44 in payments to 1,888 physicians and teaching hospitals across 2,190 transactions.

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$2.8M
Total payments
2,190
Transactions
1,888
Recipients
+$221.5K
General Payments vs PY2023

Cochlear Americas reported $2,819,601.44 in payments to 1,888 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #376 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $1.5K per recipient across 7 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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The verdict

Cochlear Americas pairs top-quartile payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.

#376
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.2%
paid to its single top recipient
7
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Cochlear Americas's CMS-reported General Payments increased by $221.5K (+63.8%) 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: COCHLEAR AMERICASPY2023: COCHLEAR AMERICASPY2024: Cochlear Americas. 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$347.0KPY2024$568.5K
PY2023
$347,035.93
PY2024
$568,546.04

How Cochlear Americas 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.

Cochlear Americas's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$2,819,601 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 Cochlear Americas

In Program Year 2024, Cochlear Americas reported $2,819,601.44 in payments to 1,888 physicians and teaching hospitals across 2,190 individual transactions, an average of $1.3K per transaction and $1.5K per recipient. That total places Cochlear Americas at rank #376 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

53 transactions worth $246.8K make "Consulting Fee" the top general-payment category in the 7-category breakdown below, 8.8% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

"Consulting Fee" leads Cochlear Americas's 7-category general-payment breakdown at $246.8K, 8.8% of the reported total.

How Cochlear Americas divides its payments

General-payment categories, ordered by reported total

1. Consulting Fee$246.8K2. Debt Forgiveness$92.0K3. Food and Beverage$90.3K4. Travel and Lodging$65.6K5. Long-Term Medical Supply …$30.8K6. Charitable Contribution$22.0K7. Space Rental or Facility …$21.0K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Consulting Fee $246.8K 53
Debt Forgiveness $92.0K 73
Food and Beverage $90.3K 1,445
Travel and Lodging $65.6K 234
Long-Term Medical Supply or Device Loan $30.8K 73
Charitable Contribution $22.0K 9
Space Rental or Facility Fees $21.0K 1

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $234,037.51 (41.2%) of $568,546.04 in this company's General Payments records across 804 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 Cochlear Americas

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

Daniel Zeitler$106.5KSalt Lake Regional Medical C…$54.9KOur Lady Of The Lake Rmc$28.8KCraig Buchman$22.8KLehigh Valley$21.0K
  1. 1

    Daniel Zeitler

    $106,522.88 across 37 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Salt Lake Regional Medical Center

    $54,925.59 across 5 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Our Lady Of The Lake Rmc

    $28,802.12 across 2 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Craig Buchman

    $22,786.92 across 27 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Lehigh Valley

    $21,000.00 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: $1.3K. Average per recipient: $1.5K.

Total Amount

$2,819,601.44

Avg per Transaction

$1.3K

Avg per Recipient

$1.5K

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

Cochlear Americas Share

0.0%

#376 by total payments

Companies with Similar Payment Volumes

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$2.8M 4 recipients

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$2.8M 553 recipients

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$2.8M 7,547 recipients

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$2.8M 713 recipients

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Cochlear Americas pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
In Program Year 2024, CMS Open Payments recorded $2,819,601.44 from Cochlear Americas to physicians and hospitals across 2,190 transactions - 0.0% of all industry payments reported that year.
How many physicians received payments from Cochlear Americas? ▾
1,888 physicians and teaching hospitals received payments from Cochlear Americas in 2024, averaging $1.5K per recipient.
What types of payments did Cochlear Americas make? ▾
7 categories of general payment make up Cochlear Americas's reported activity, including consulting, meals, travel, and similar types. The largest general-payment category was "Consulting Fee" at $246.8K, representing 8.8% of the company's reported total.
How does Cochlear Americas rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024, Cochlear Americas ranks #376 by total payment amount.
What is the average payment size from Cochlear Americas? ▾
Cochlear Americas's 2,190 transactions to 1,888 recipients in 2024 averaged $1.3K per transaction.
Where does the payment data for Cochlear Americas 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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