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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. reported $88,597,173.74 in payments to 33,496 physicians and teaching hospitals across 34,372 transactions.

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$88.6M
Total payments
34,372
Transactions
33,496
Recipients
−$44.6M
General Payments vs PY2023

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. reported $88,597,173.74 in payments to 33,496 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #32 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.6% of all US industry payments), averaging $2.6K 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

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. pairs top-5% payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.

#32
of 1,925 companies
0.6%
of all US industry payments
0.3%
paid to its single top recipient
11
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments decreased by $44.6M (−34.7%) 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: ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.PY2023: ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.PY2024: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, 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$128.5MPY2024$83.9M
PY2023
$128,468,493.70
PY2024
$83,904,351.23

How Zimmer Biomet Holdings, 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.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$88,597,174 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

In Program Year 2024, Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. reported $88,597,173.74 in payments to 33,496 physicians and teaching hospitals across 34,372 individual transactions, an average of $2.6K per transaction and $2.6K per recipient. That total places Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. at rank #32 out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database, representing 0.6% of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year.

"Acquisitions" leads the 11-category general-payment breakdown below at $40.1M (45.3% of the company's reported total, 56 transactions) - see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately.

General Payment Breakdown by Type

"Acquisitions" leads Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.'s 11-category general-payment breakdown at $40.1M, 45.3% of the reported total.

How Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. divides its payments

General-payment categories, ordered by reported total

1. Acquisitions$40.1M2. Royalty or License$27.9M3. Education$6.4M4. Consulting Fee$4.8M5. Travel and Lodging$2.2M6. Food and Beverage$1.4M7. Space Rental or Facility …$349.3K8. Debt Forgiveness$264.1K9. Compensation for Services…$204.3K10. Grant$179.8K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Acquisitions $40.1M 56
Royalty or License $27.9M 647
Education $6.4M 2,924
Consulting Fee $4.8M 1,736
Travel and Lodging $2.2M 8,808
Food and Beverage $1.4M 18,994
Space Rental or Facility Fees $349.3K 41
Debt Forgiveness $264.1K 160
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $204.3K 27
Grant $179.8K 79
Long-Term Medical Supply or Device Loan $44.3K 24

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $40,109,576.00 (47.8%) of $83,904,351.23 in this company's General Payments records across 7,888 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 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

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

Nitin Goyal$25.0MErik Kubiak$7.4MColin Poole$3.2MAaron Hofmann$2.6MJonathan Yerasimides$1.9M
  1. 1

    Nitin Goyal

    $25,000,264.39 across 6 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Erik Kubiak

    $7,390,410.50 across 7 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Colin Poole

    $3,199,557.39 across 2 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Aaron Hofmann

    $2,593,980.00 across 1 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Jonathan Yerasimides

    $1,925,363.72 across 181 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: $2.6K. Average per recipient: $2.6K.

Total Amount

$88,597,173.74

Avg per Transaction

$2.6K

Avg per Recipient

$2.6K

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

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Share

0.6%

#32 by total payments

Companies with Similar Payment Volumes

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
0.6% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments for 2024 came from Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., totaling $88,597,173.74 across 34,372 transactions to physicians and hospitals.
How many physicians received payments from Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.? ▾
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. made payments to 33,496 physicians and teaching hospitals in 2024. The average payment per recipient was $2.6K.
What types of payments did Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. make? ▾
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. made 11 different types of general payments (consulting, meals, travel, and similar categories). The largest general-payment category was "Acquisitions" at $40.1M, representing 45.3% of the company's reported total.
How does Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ranks #32 out of 1,925 companies by total payment amount in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024.
What is the average payment size from Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.? ▾
In 2024, Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. averaged $2.6K per transaction across 34,372 transactions to 33,496 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Zimmer Biomet Holdings, 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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