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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Geron Corporation

Geron Corporation reported $129,209.20 in payments to 442 physicians and teaching hospitals across 617 transactions.

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$129.2K
Total payments
617
Transactions
442
Recipients
#1113
of 1,925 companies

Geron Corporation reported $129,209.20 in payments to 442 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #1113 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $292.33 per recipient across 4 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

Geron Corporation pairs below-median payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.

#1113
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.2%
paid to its single top recipient
4
payment categories

How Geron Corporation 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.

Geron Corporation's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$129,209 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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 Geron Corporation

$129,209.20: that is what Geron Corporation reported in payments to 442 physicians and teaching hospitals during Program Year 2024, spread across 617 transactions ($209.42 per transaction, $292.33 per recipient). The company sits at rank #1113 of 1,925, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

17 transactions worth $59.5K make "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" the top general-payment category in the 4-category breakdown below, 46.1% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Geron Corporation made 4 types of general payments. "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" is the largest category at $59.5K, 46.1% of the company's reported total.

How Geron Corporation divides its payments

Top payment categories by total reported dollar volume

1. Compensation for Services…$59.5K2. Consulting Fee$16.1K3. Food and Beverage$11.3K4. Travel and Lodging$4.3K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $59.5K 17
Consulting Fee $16.1K 3
Food and Beverage $11.3K 412
Travel and Lodging $4.3K 10

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $56,883.66 (62.4%) of $91,159.11 in this company's General Payments records across 414 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 Geron Corporation

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

Robert Jay Spiegel$17.7KEsther Helen Rose$13.8KSuresh Kumar Balasubramanian$9.0KAhmed Zakari$8.3KJames Mccloskey$8.0K
  1. 1

    Robert Jay Spiegel

    $17,738.60 across 4 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Esther Helen Rose

    $13,825.00 across 1 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Suresh Kumar Balasubramanian

    $8,990.00 across 3 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Ahmed Zakari

    $8,313.30 across 7 reported transactions

  5. 5

    James Mccloskey

    $8,016.76 across 4 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: $209.42. Average per recipient: $292.33.

Total Amount

$129,209.20

Avg per Transaction

$209.42

Avg per Recipient

$292.33

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

Geron Corporation Share

0.0%

#1113 by total payments

Companies with Similar Payment Volumes

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Elucid Bioimaging Inc

$130.1K 6 recipients

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$128.1K 97 recipients

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$131.2K 2,876 recipients

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$127.2K 324 recipients

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$127.1K 72 recipients

Evofem Biosciences, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Geron Corporation pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
0.0% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Geron Corporation, totaling $129,209.20 across 617 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Geron Corporation? ▾
Averaging $292.33 per recipient, Geron Corporation's 2024 payments reached 442 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did Geron Corporation make? ▾
4 categories of general payment make up Geron Corporation's reported activity, including consulting, meals, travel, and similar types. The largest general-payment category was "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" at $59.5K, representing 46.1% of the company's reported total.
How does Geron Corporation rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
By total payment amount, Geron Corporation sits at #1113 of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Geron Corporation? ▾
In 2024, Geron Corporation averaged $209.42 per transaction across 617 transactions to 442 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Geron Corporation 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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