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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024
Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC
Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC reported $136,667.71 across General Payments, Research, and Ownership to 303 physicians and teaching hospitals across 321 transactions.
- $136.7K
- All-tracks total
- 321
- Transactions
- 303
- Recipients
- −$76.3K
- General Payments vs PY2023
Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC reported $136,667.71 across all CMS Open Payments tracks (General + Research + Ownership) to 303 physicians and teaching hospitals in Program Year 2024 - ranking #1101 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of the all-tracks industry total); General Payments alone were $19,017.15, averaging $451.05 per recipient.
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CMS Sunshine Act warrant
Manufacturer upsher-smith-laboratories-llc Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC
$136.7K · #1101/1,925 · 0.0% industry · PY2024
- TOT $136.7K
- RANK #1101
- SHARE 0.0%
- TXN 321
- RCP 303
- CAT 3
- GEN $19.0K
- ΔGEN −$76.3K
- TOP1 10.9%
- PY 2024
Volume peers
Nearest volume peer: Ancora Heart, Inc. ($136.9K)
Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC sits among 1,925 manufacturers disclosing under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Volume peers below are nearest by all-tracks total, not corporate affiliates. Open the company rankings →
Release-over-release change
General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024
Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC's CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $76.3K (−80.1%) from PY2023 to PY2024.
How this year-over-year comparison is scoped
The comparison uses consecutive CMS program years only (current = prior + 1) from the manufacturer General Payments summary and excludes research and ownership or investment records. Non-consecutive year pairs are not shown as year-over-year change. This General Payments figure is not the all-tracks company total in the hero.
CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES LLCPY2023: UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES LLCPY2024: UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES LLC. 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
- $95,356.24
- PY2024
- $19,017.15
What the Data Shows for Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC
$136,667.71: that is what Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC reported in payments to 303 physicians and teaching hospitals during Program Year 2024, spread across 321 transactions ($425.76 per transaction, $451.05 per recipient). The company sits at rank #1101 of 1,925, a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.
"Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" leads the 3-category general-payment breakdown below at $10.3K (54.0% of General Payments, 7 transactions) - see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately.
General Payment Breakdown by Type
Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC made 3 types of general payments. "Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting" is the largest category at $10.3K, 54.0% of General Payments.
How Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC divides its payments
General-payment categories, ordered by reported total
| Payment Type | Amount | Transactions | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting | $10.3K | 7 | 54.0% |
| Food and Beverage | $6.6K | 294 | 34.5% |
| Consulting Fee | $2.2K | 2 | 11.4% |
Recipient Concentration in General Payments
The five largest recipient relationships account for $8,044.16 (42.3%) of $19,017.15 in this company's General Payments records across 121 recipients.
General Payments scope note
Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.
Largest General-Payment relationships for Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC
The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company
- 1
James Wheless
$2,080.12 across 9 reported transactions
- 2
Steven P. Sparagana
$1,650.00 across 1 reported transactions
- 3
Lyndsay a Harshman
$1,575.00 across 1 reported transactions
- 4
Douglas Smith
$1,389.04 across 2 reported transactions
- 5
Derek D. Bauer
$1,350.00 across 1 reported transactions
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What HHI 2,500 means here
2,500 is the DOJ/FTC merger-guidelines threshold for "highly concentrated" markets; used here only as a familiar concentration reference, not a legal finding about Upsher-Smith Laboratories LLC.
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Data sourced from CMS Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPharmaWatch
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