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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Merck KGaA

Merck KGaA reported $290,562.45 in payments to 101 physicians and teaching hospitals across 132 transactions.

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$290.6K
Total payments
132
Transactions
101
Recipients
+$119.1K
General Payments vs PY2023

Merck KGaA reported $290,562.45 in payments to 101 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #900 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $2.9K 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.

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

Merck KGaA pairs above-median payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.

#900
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.2%
paid to its single top recipient
4
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Merck KGaA's CMS-reported General Payments increased by $119.1K (+71.5%) 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: MERCK KGAAPY2023: MERCK KGAAPY2024: Merck 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$166.6KPY2024$285.7K
PY2023
$166,601.34
PY2024
$285,731.84

How Merck 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 KGaA's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$290,562 Top 47% higher than 53% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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 Merck KGaA

Rank #900 of 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments for 2024 belongs to Merck KGaA, which reported $290,562.45 across 132 transactions to 101 recipients - a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. Averages work out to $2.2K per transaction and $2.9K per recipient.

The 4-category breakdown below covers general payments only (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately). The largest general-payment category is "Consulting Fee" at $170.1K, accounting for 58.6% of the company's reported total and 39 transactions.

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Merck KGaA made 4 types of general payments. "Consulting Fee" is the largest category at $170.1K, 58.6% of the company's reported total.

How Merck KGaA divides its payments

How the reported total splits across payment categories

1. Consulting Fee$170.1K2. Travel and Lodging$80.1K3. Compensation for Services…$34.2K4. Food and Beverage$1.3K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Consulting Fee $170.1K 39
Travel and Lodging $80.1K 33
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $34.2K 7
Food and Beverage $1.3K 22

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $124,266.16 (43.5%) of $285,731.84 in this company's General Payments records across 40 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 KGaA

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

Jeremy Sugarman$44.1KLeorah a Freeman$22.1KRiley Bove$20.4KHeidi J Crayton$20.2KJonathan Schoenfeld$17.4K
  1. 1

    Jeremy Sugarman

    $44,080.86 across 17 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Leorah a Freeman

    $22,055.61 across 6 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Riley Bove

    $20,450.00 across 4 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Heidi J Crayton

    $20,232.47 across 7 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Jonathan Schoenfeld

    $17,447.22 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: $2.2K. Average per recipient: $2.9K.

Total Amount

$290,562.45

Avg per Transaction

$2.2K

Avg per Recipient

$2.9K

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 KGaA Share

0.0%

#900 by total payments

Companies with Similar Payment Volumes

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$291.3K 3,142 recipients

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$289.4K 1,604 recipients

Exo Imaging, Inc.

$292.7K 175 recipients

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$288.4K 6 recipients

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Merck KGaA pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
In Program Year 2024, CMS Open Payments recorded $290,562.45 from Merck KGaA to physicians and hospitals across 132 transactions - 0.0% of all industry payments reported that year.
How many physicians received payments from Merck KGaA? ▾
Averaging $2.9K per recipient, Merck KGaA's 2024 payments reached 101 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did Merck KGaA make? ▾
General payments from Merck KGaA span 4 distinct categories, covering things like consulting, meals, and travel. The largest general-payment category was "Consulting Fee" at $170.1K, representing 58.6% of the company's reported total.
How does Merck KGaA rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024, Merck KGaA ranks #900 by total payment amount.
What is the average payment size from Merck KGaA? ▾
The average transaction from Merck KGaA was $2.2K in 2024. The company made 132 total transactions to 101 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Merck 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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