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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Merck Healthcare KGaA

Merck Healthcare KGaA reported $1,811,460.95 in payments to 36 physicians and teaching hospitals across 459 transactions.

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$1.8M
Total payments
459
Transactions
36
Recipients
−$233.79
General Payments vs PY2023

Merck Healthcare KGaA reported $1,811,460.95 in payments to 36 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #474 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $50.3K 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

Merck Healthcare KGaA pairs top-quartile payment volume with a moderately concentrated payment pattern.

#474
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.3%
paid to its single top recipient
4
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Merck Healthcare KGaA's CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $233.79 (−0.3%) 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: PY2023: MERCK HEALTHCARE KGAAPY2024: Merck Healthcare KGaA. 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$85.6KPY2024$85.4K
PY2023
$85,625.00
PY2024
$85,391.21

How Merck Healthcare KGaA 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.

Merck Healthcare KGaA's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$1,811,461 Top 25% higher than 75% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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 Merck Healthcare KGaA

Averaging $3.9K per transaction and $50.3K per recipient, Merck Healthcare KGaA's Program Year 2024 total comes to $1,811,460.95 across 459 transactions and 36 physicians and teaching hospitals. In the CMS Open Payments database that is good for rank #474 of 1,925 companies, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

Of the 4 general-payment categories charted below, "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" is the largest at $30.3K across 5 transactions, 1.7% of the company's reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Merck Healthcare KGaA made 4 types of general payments. "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" is the largest category at $30.3K, 1.7% of the company's reported total.

How Merck Healthcare KGaA divides its payments

How the reported total splits across payment categories

1. Compensation for Services…$30.3K2. Travel and Lodging$27.6K3. Consulting Fee$27.0K4. Food and Beverage$518.79
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $30.3K 5
Travel and Lodging $27.6K 22
Consulting Fee $27.0K 5
Food and Beverage $518.79 4

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $68,433.71 (80.1%) of $85,391.21 in this company's General Payments records across 12 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 Merck Healthcare KGaA

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

Kurt Barnhart$23.4KLeorah a Freeman$16.3KDonald Negroski$15.1KAhmed Z Obeidat$7.0KBarbara Ann Burtness$6.6K
  1. 1

    Kurt Barnhart

    $23,441.09 across 4 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Leorah a Freeman

    $16,313.79 across 5 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Donald Negroski

    $15,145.38 across 5 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Ahmed Z Obeidat

    $6,950.00 across 1 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Barbara Ann Burtness

    $6,583.45 across 6 reported transactions

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Payment Size Analysis

Average transaction size: $3.9K. Average per recipient: $50.3K.

Total Amount

$1,811,460.95

Avg per Transaction

$3.9K

Avg per Recipient

$50.3K

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

Merck Healthcare KGaA Share

0.0%

#474 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Merck Healthcare KGaA pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
Merck Healthcare KGaA made $1,811,460.95 in payments to physicians and hospitals in Program Year 2024, across 459 individual transactions. This represents 0.0% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments.
How many physicians received payments from Merck Healthcare KGaA? ▾
Merck Healthcare KGaA made payments to 36 physicians and teaching hospitals in 2024. The average payment per recipient was $50.3K.
What types of payments did Merck Healthcare KGaA make? ▾
General payments from Merck Healthcare KGaA span 4 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" at $30.3K, representing 1.7% of the company's reported total.
How does Merck Healthcare KGaA rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
By total payment amount, Merck Healthcare KGaA sits at #474 of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Merck Healthcare KGaA? ▾
The average transaction from Merck Healthcare KGaA was $3.9K in 2024. The company made 459 total transactions to 36 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Merck Healthcare KGaA 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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