CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024
Dentsply Sirona Inc
Dentsply Sirona Inc reported $10,439,835.99 in payments to 68,448 physicians and teaching hospitals across 68,448 transactions.
- $10.4M
- Total payments
- 68,448
- Transactions
- 68,448
- Recipients
- −$1.6M
- General Payments vs PY2023
Dentsply Sirona Inc reported $10,439,835.99 in payments to 68,448 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #167 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.1% of all US industry payments), averaging $152.52 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.
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The verdict
Dentsply Sirona Inc pairs top-10% payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.
- #167
- of 1,925 companies
- 0.1%
- of all US industry payments
- 0.2%
- paid to its single top recipient
- 11
- payment categories
Release-over-release change
General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024
Dentsply Sirona Inc's CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $1.6M (−13.2%) 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: DENTSPLY SIRONA INCPY2023: DENTSPLY SIRONA INCPY2024: Dentsply Sirona 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
- $12,030,134.35
- PY2024
- $10,439,835.99
How Dentsply Sirona 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.
Dentsply Sirona Inc's total vs. every reporting company
CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024
$10,439,836 Top 9% higher than 91% of 1,925 reporting companies
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Source CMS Open Payments · 2024
What the Data Shows for Dentsply Sirona Inc
In Program Year 2024, Dentsply Sirona Inc reported $10,439,835.99 in payments to 68,448 physicians and teaching hospitals across 68,448 individual transactions, an average of $152.52 per transaction and $152.52 per recipient. That total places Dentsply Sirona Inc at rank #167 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database, a comparatively small 0.1% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.
"Royalty or License" leads the 11-category general-payment breakdown below at $4.5M (42.7% of the company's reported total, 106 transactions) - see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately.
General Payment Breakdown by Type
Dentsply Sirona Inc made 11 types of general payments. "Royalty or License" is the largest category at $4.5M, 42.7% of the company's reported total.
How Dentsply Sirona Inc divides its payments
General-payment categories, ordered by reported total
| Payment Type | Amount | Transactions | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty or License | $4.5M | 106 | 42.7% |
| Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting | $2.9M | 572 | 27.3% |
| Food and Beverage | $1.6M | 48,728 | 15.8% |
| Travel and Lodging | $564.4K | 3,483 | 5.4% |
| Education | $308.3K | 14,672 | 3.0% |
| Gift | $265.2K | 306 | 2.5% |
| Consulting Fee | $139.8K | 20 | 1.3% |
| Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) | $82.9K | 31 | 0.8% |
| Entertainment | $75.3K | 526 | 0.7% |
| Grant | $48.0K | 3 | 0.5% |
| Long-Term Medical Supply or Device Loan | $5.7K | 1 | 0.1% |
Recipient Concentration in General Payments
The five largest recipient relationships account for $4,818,068.93 (46.2%) of $10,439,835.99 in this company's General Payments records across 19,598 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 Dentsply Sirona Inc
The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company
- 1
Clifford Ruddle
$2,093,678.75 across 60 reported transactions
- 2
Michael Scianamblo
$1,295,761.17 across 20 reported transactions
- 3
John West
$1,004,233.79 across 22 reported transactions
- 4
David Landwehr
$242,811.43 across 136 reported transactions
- 5
David Barack
$181,583.79 across 52 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: $152.52. Average per recipient: $152.52.
Total Amount
$10,439,835.99
Avg per Transaction
$152.52
Avg per Recipient
$152.52
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
Dentsply Sirona Inc Share
0.1%
#167 by total payments
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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.
Disclaimer
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