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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Stryker Corporation

Stryker Corporation reported $140,997,648.23 in payments to 168,381 physicians and teaching hospitals across 169,396 transactions.

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$141.0M
Total payments
169,396
Transactions
168,381
Recipients
+$14.6M
General Payments vs PY2023

Stryker Corporation reported $140,997,648.23 in payments to 168,381 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #18 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (1.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $837.37 per recipient across 11 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

Stryker Corporation pairs top-1% payment volume with an unusually diversified payment pattern across a wide recipient base.

#18
of 1,925 companies
1.0%
of all US industry payments
0.0%
paid to its single top recipient
11
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Stryker Corporation's CMS-reported General Payments increased by $14.6M (+12.1%) 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: STRYKER CORPORATIONPY2023: STRYKER CORPORATIONPY2024: Stryker Corporation. 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$120.1MPY2024$134.7M
PY2023
$120,144,263.80
PY2024
$134,704,914.55

How Stryker 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.

Stryker Corporation's total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$140,997,648 Top 1% higher than 99% 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%). Below this entry. $70,066,439–$217,642,369: 26 reporting companies (1%). This entry sits in this band. $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 Stryker Corporation

In Program Year 2024, Stryker Corporation reported $140,997,648.23 in payments to 168,381 physicians and teaching hospitals across 169,396 individual transactions, an average of $832.36 per transaction and $837.37 per recipient. That total places Stryker Corporation at rank #18 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database, a top-tier 1.0% share of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

1,112 transactions worth $77.9M make "Royalty or License" the top general-payment category in the 11-category breakdown below, 55.2% of the reported total (see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately).

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Across 11 types of general payments, Stryker Corporation's largest category was "Royalty or License" at $77.9M - 55.2% of the company's reported total.

How Stryker Corporation divides its payments

Ranked by total dollars reported per category

1. Royalty or License$77.9M2. Consulting Fee$26.3M3. Travel and Lodging$7.9M4. Food and Beverage$7.6M5. Acquisitions$6.9M6. Long-Term Medical Supply …$4.0M7. Debt Forgiveness$2.0M8. Space Rental or Facility …$1.7M9. Grant$206.5K10. Education$179.8K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Royalty or License $77.9M 1,112
Consulting Fee $26.3M 6,995
Travel and Lodging $7.9M 24,631
Food and Beverage $7.6M 131,277
Acquisitions $6.9M 17
Long-Term Medical Supply or Device Loan $4.0M 2,516
Debt Forgiveness $2.0M 719
Space Rental or Facility Fees $1.7M 385
Grant $206.5K 30
Education $179.8K 698
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $140.00 1

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $13,661,684.74 (10.1%) of $134,704,914.55 in this company's General Payments records across 33,802 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 Stryker Corporation

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

John Carbone$3.8MIndiana University Health$3.5MSteven Haddad$2.2MMassachusetts General Hospit…$2.2MThomas Coon$2.0M
  1. 1

    John Carbone

    $3,796,061.86 across 11 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Indiana University Health

    $3,531,834.19 across 15 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Steven Haddad

    $2,224,081.35 across 189 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    $2,156,082.12 across 8 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Thomas Coon

    $1,953,625.22 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: $832.36. Average per recipient: $837.37.

Total Amount

$140,997,648.23

Avg per Transaction

$832.36

Avg per Recipient

$837.37

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

Stryker Corporation Share

1.0%

#18 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Stryker Corporation pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
1.0% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Stryker Corporation, totaling $140,997,648.23 across 169,396 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Stryker Corporation? ▾
Averaging $837.37 per recipient, Stryker Corporation's 2024 payments reached 168,381 physicians and teaching hospitals.
What types of payments did Stryker Corporation make? ▾
11 categories of general payment make up Stryker Corporation's reported activity, including consulting, meals, travel, and similar types. The largest general-payment category was "Royalty or License" at $77.9M, representing 55.2% of the company's reported total.
How does Stryker Corporation rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
By total payment amount, Stryker Corporation sits at #18 of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Stryker Corporation? ▾
The average transaction from Stryker Corporation was $832.36 in 2024. The company made 169,396 total transactions to 168,381 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Stryker 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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