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Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. vs LockedBrands

Side-by-side comparison of CMS Open Payments data for Program Year 2024. Select different companies below to start a new comparison.

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Which recorded payment profile is more concentrated?

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 5,150, versus 1,236 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 0.6% of that company's General Payments recipient total.

HHI summarizes how payments are distributed across recorded recipients: higher means a less evenly distributed recipient pattern. This is a description of CMS-reported General Payments only, not a finding about conduct, prescribing, quality, or wrongdoing. Read it with the recipient count and underlying records below.

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.
HHI 5,150 · top recipient 0.6%
Ranked #338 of 1,838 companies by HHI
LockedBrands
HHI 1,236 · top recipient 0.2%
Ranked #935 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$852.50
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
2
Avg per Transaction
$426.25
Recipients
2
Avg per Recipient
$426.25
Payment Types
1
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee
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LockedBrands

Total Payments
$852.39
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
13
Avg per Transaction
$65.57
Recipients
13
Avg per Recipient
$65.57
Payment Types
1
Top Payment Type
Food and Beverage

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. vs LockedBrands - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.$852.50LockedBrands$852.39

Payment Types Breakdown

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.

Consulting Fee $852.50

100.0%

LockedBrands

Food and Beverage $852.39

100.0%

Top 5 General-Payment Recipients

This list uses CMS detailed General Payments records only; it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it does not equal the all-category totals above. A reported payment documents a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing; a higher total reflects reporting volume, not conduct. Verify directly at openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.

  1. 1

    SETH BECHIS

    $500.00 · 1 txns

  2. 2

    ILYA SOBOL

    $352.50 · 1 txns

LockedBrands

  1. 1

    Jeffrey Narmi

    $129.83 · 1 txns

  2. 2

    Kaitlyn Harlow

    $129.83 · 1 txns

  3. 3

    Meghan Belamorich

    $129.83 · 1 txns

  4. 4

    Christine Meyer

    $129.83 · 1 txns

  5. 5

    Amy OGrady

    $129.83 · 1 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. LockedBrands
Total Payments $852.50 $852.39
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 2 13
Avg per Transaction $426.25 $65.57
Recipient Count 2 13
Avg per Recipient $426.25 $65.57
Payment Type Count 1 1
Top Payment Type Consulting Fee Food and Beverage

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. All companies in the CMS Open Payments company corpus are available in the selector. Browse all companies →

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