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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Dexcom, Inc.

Dexcom, Inc. reported $19,345,835.70 in payments to 55,653 physicians and teaching hospitals across 56,186 transactions.

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$19.3M
Total payments
56,186
Transactions
55,653
Recipients
−$1.4M
General Payments vs PY2023

Dexcom, Inc. reported $19,345,835.70 in payments to 55,653 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #95 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.1% of all US industry payments), averaging $347.62 per recipient across 5 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

Dexcom, Inc. pairs top-5% payment volume with an unusually diversified payment pattern across a wide recipient base.

#95
of 1,925 companies
0.1%
of all US industry payments
0.1%
paid to its single top recipient
5
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Dexcom, Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $1.4M (−33.3%) 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: DEXCOM, INC.PY2023: DEXCOM, INC.PY2024: Dexcom, 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$4.3MPY2024$2.9M
PY2023
$4,318,428.68
PY2024
$2,880,042.15

How Dexcom, 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.

Dexcom, Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$19,345,836 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 Dexcom, Inc.

Rank #95 of 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments for 2024 belongs to Dexcom, Inc., which reported $19,345,835.70 across 56,186 transactions to 55,653 recipients - representing 0.1% of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. Averages work out to $344.32 per transaction and $347.62 per recipient.

54,719 transactions worth $1.3M make "Food and Beverage" the top general-payment category in the 5-category breakdown below, 6.9% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Dexcom, Inc. made 5 types of general payments. "Food and Beverage" is the largest category at $1.3M, 6.9% of the company's reported total.

How Dexcom, Inc. divides its payments

How the reported total splits across payment categories

1. Food and Beverage$1.3M2. Compensation for Faculty …$1.1M3. Consulting Fee$341.7K4. Travel and Lodging$142.0K5. Education$66.68
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Food and Beverage $1.3M 54,719
Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) $1.1M 464
Consulting Fee $341.7K 1
Travel and Lodging $142.0K 465
Education $66.68 4

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $505,591.37 (17.6%) of $2,880,042.15 in this company's General Payments records across 28,165 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 Dexcom, Inc.

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

Eric Topol$343.4KNicholas Argento$55.5KCatherine R Kilpatrick$36.9KPablo F Mora$35.9KTimothy R Gilbert$34.0K
  1. 1

    Eric Topol

    $343,387.54 across 5 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Nicholas Argento

    $55,460.17 across 98 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Catherine R Kilpatrick

    $36,915.54 across 37 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Pablo F Mora

    $35,852.78 across 51 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Timothy R Gilbert

    $33,975.34 across 36 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: $344.32. Average per recipient: $347.62.

Total Amount

$19,345,835.70

Avg per Transaction

$344.32

Avg per Recipient

$347.62

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

Dexcom, Inc. Share

0.1%

#95 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Dexcom, Inc. pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
0.1% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Dexcom, Inc., totaling $19,345,835.70 across 56,186 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Dexcom, Inc.? ▾
Averaging $347.62 per recipient, Dexcom, Inc.'s 2024 payments reached 55,653 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did Dexcom, Inc. make? ▾
Dexcom, Inc. made 5 different types of general payments (consulting, meals, travel, and similar categories). The largest general-payment category was "Food and Beverage" at $1.3M, representing 6.9% of the company's reported total.
How does Dexcom, Inc. rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
By total payment amount, Dexcom, Inc. sits at #95 of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Dexcom, Inc.? ▾
The average transaction from Dexcom, Inc. was $344.32 in 2024. The company made 56,186 total transactions to 55,653 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Dexcom, 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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