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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Exelixis Inc.

Exelixis Inc. reported $37,105,515.74 in payments to 10,612 physicians and teaching hospitals across 16,351 transactions.

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$37.1M
Total payments
16,351
Transactions
10,612
Recipients
+$148.4K
General Payments vs PY2023

Exelixis Inc. reported $37,105,515.74 in payments to 10,612 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #60 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.3% of all US industry payments), averaging $3.5K per recipient across 10 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

Exelixis Inc. pairs top-5% payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.

#60
of 1,925 companies
0.3%
of all US industry payments
0.2%
paid to its single top recipient
10
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Exelixis Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments increased by $148.4K (+3.8%) 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: EXELIXIS INC.PY2023: EXELIXIS INC.PY2024: Exelixis 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$3.9MPY2024$4.0M
PY2023
$3,896,585.70
PY2024
$4,045,027.21

How Exelixis 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.

Exelixis Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$37,105,516 Top 3% higher than 97% 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%). Below this entry. $22,556,757–$70,066,439: 45 reporting companies (2%). This entry sits in this band. $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 Exelixis Inc.

Rank #60 of 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments for 2024 belongs to Exelixis Inc., which reported $37,105,515.74 across 16,351 transactions to 10,612 recipients - representing 0.3% of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. Averages work out to $2.3K per transaction and $3.5K per recipient.

26 transactions worth $1.3M make "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" the top general-payment category in the 10-category breakdown below, 3.5% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

"Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" leads Exelixis Inc.'s 10-category general-payment breakdown at $1.3M, 3.5% of the reported total.

How Exelixis Inc. divides its payments

Ranked by total dollars reported per category

1. Compensation for Services…$1.3M2. Consulting Fee$862.5K3. Compensation for Faculty …$679.9K4. Honoraria$353.6K5. Travel and Lodging$325.6K6. Food and Beverage$274.0K7. Space Rental or Facility …$175.6K8. Charitable Contribution$28.5K9. Education$26.3K10. Grant$5.0K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $1.3M 26
Consulting Fee $862.5K 84
Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) $679.9K 246
Honoraria $353.6K 164
Travel and Lodging $325.6K 1,287
Food and Beverage $274.0K 8,466
Space Rental or Facility Fees $175.6K 27
Charitable Contribution $28.5K 4
Education $26.3K 307
Grant $5.0K 1

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $1,973,064.94 (48.8%) of $4,045,027.21 in this company's General Payments records across 4,087 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 Exelixis Inc.

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

Denver Health Medical Center$867.3KStephen Saletan$520.4KSue Eckhardt$382.1KAlan Garber$123.2KStephen Sherwin$80.0K
  1. 1

    Denver Health Medical Center

    $867,340.14 across 19 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Stephen Saletan

    $520,425.92 across 51 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Sue Eckhardt

    $382,050.49 across 26 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Alan Garber

    $123,248.39 across 6 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Stephen Sherwin

    $80,000.00 across 5 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: $2.3K. Average per recipient: $3.5K.

Total Amount

$37,105,515.74

Avg per Transaction

$2.3K

Avg per Recipient

$3.5K

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

Exelixis Inc. Share

0.3%

#60 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Exelixis Inc. pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
0.3% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Exelixis Inc., totaling $37,105,515.74 across 16,351 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Exelixis Inc.? ▾
Averaging $3.5K per recipient, Exelixis Inc.'s 2024 payments reached 10,612 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did Exelixis Inc. make? ▾
General payments from Exelixis Inc. span 10 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" at $1.3M, representing 3.5% of the company's reported total.
How does Exelixis Inc. rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024, Exelixis Inc. ranks #60 by total payment amount.
What is the average payment size from Exelixis Inc.? ▾
Exelixis Inc.'s 16,351 transactions to 10,612 recipients in 2024 averaged $2.3K per transaction.
Where does the payment data for Exelixis 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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