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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Merit Medical Systems Inc

Merit Medical Systems Inc reported $3,329,533.47 in payments to 1,352 physicians and teaching hospitals across 1,446 transactions.

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$3.3M
Total payments
1,446
Transactions
1,352
Recipients
+$344.4K
General Payments vs PY2023

Merit Medical Systems Inc reported $3,329,533.47 in payments to 1,352 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #338 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $2.5K per recipient across 7 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

Merit Medical Systems Inc pairs top-quartile payment volume with a moderately concentrated payment pattern.

#338
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.4%
paid to its single top recipient
7
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Merit Medical Systems Inc's CMS-reported General Payments increased by $344.4K (+14.4%) 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: MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INCPY2023: MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INCPY2024: Merit Medical Systems 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$2.4MPY2024$2.7M
PY2023
$2,391,945.80
PY2024
$2,736,320.02

How Merit Medical Systems 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.

Merit Medical Systems Inc's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$3,329,533 Top 18% higher than 82% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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 Merit Medical Systems Inc

$3,329,533.47: that is what Merit Medical Systems Inc reported in payments to 1,352 physicians and teaching hospitals during Program Year 2024, spread across 1,446 transactions ($2.3K per transaction, $2.5K per recipient). The company sits at rank #338 of 1,925, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

The 7-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 "Royalty or License" at $1.9M, accounting for 56.9% of the company's reported total and 39 transactions.

General Payment Breakdown by Type

"Royalty or License" leads Merit Medical Systems Inc's 7-category general-payment breakdown at $1.9M, 56.9% of the reported total.

How Merit Medical Systems Inc divides its payments

Top payment categories by total reported dollar volume

1. Royalty or License$1.9M2. Consulting Fee$470.2K3. Debt Forgiveness$127.7K4. Compensation for Faculty …$107.9K5. Grant$67.4K6. Travel and Lodging$37.0K7. Food and Beverage$31.1K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Royalty or License $1.9M 39
Consulting Fee $470.2K 227
Debt Forgiveness $127.7K 31
Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) $107.9K 44
Grant $67.4K 16
Travel and Lodging $37.0K 122
Food and Beverage $31.1K 873

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $1,954,509.01 (71.4%) of $2,736,320.02 in this company's General Payments records across 827 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 Merit Medical Systems Inc

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

Paul Kurth$960.9KSeth Worley$397.8KBart Dolmatch$363.9KMichael Hallisey$126.6KHarold Tabaie$105.3K
  1. 1

    Paul Kurth

    $960,894.17 across 4 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Seth Worley

    $397,764.96 across 32 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Bart Dolmatch

    $363,861.45 across 6 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Michael Hallisey

    $126,641.43 across 5 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Harold Tabaie

    $105,347.00 across 1 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: $2.5K.

Total Amount

$3,329,533.47

Avg per Transaction

$2.3K

Avg per Recipient

$2.5K

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

Merit Medical Systems Inc Share

0.0%

#338 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Merit Medical Systems Inc pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
Merit Medical Systems Inc made $3,329,533.47 in payments to physicians and hospitals in Program Year 2024, across 1,446 individual transactions. This represents 0.0% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments.
How many physicians received payments from Merit Medical Systems Inc? ▾
Merit Medical Systems Inc made payments to 1,352 physicians and teaching hospitals in 2024. The average payment per recipient was $2.5K.
What types of payments did Merit Medical Systems Inc make? ▾
Merit Medical Systems Inc made 7 different types of general payments (consulting, meals, travel, and similar categories). The largest general-payment category was "Royalty or License" at $1.9M, representing 56.9% of the company's reported total.
How does Merit Medical Systems Inc rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Merit Medical Systems Inc ranks #338 out of 1,925 companies by total payment amount in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Merit Medical Systems Inc? ▾
In 2024, Merit Medical Systems Inc averaged $2.3K per transaction across 1,446 transactions to 1,352 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Merit Medical Systems 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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