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NuSmile, Ltd. vs Luminex Corporation

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?

Luminex Corporation has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 5,001, versus 1,377 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 0.7% 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.

NuSmile, Ltd.
HHI 1,377 · top recipient 0.3%
Ranked #903 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Luminex Corporation
HHI 5,001 · top recipient 0.7%
Ranked #362 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Company A

NuSmile, Ltd.

Total Payments
$310.2K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
735
Avg per Transaction
$422.08
Recipients
735
Avg per Recipient
$422.08
Payment Types
8
Top Payment Type
Honoraria
Total Payments
$309.0K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
19
Avg per Transaction
$16.3K
Recipients
8
Avg per Recipient
$38.6K
Payment Types
1
Top Payment Type
Honoraria

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

NuSmile, Ltd. vs Luminex Corporation - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

NuSmile, Ltd.$310.2KLuminex Corporation$309.0K

Payment Types Breakdown

NuSmile, Ltd.

Honoraria $107.4K

34.6%

Travel and Lodging $70.5K

22.7%

Consulting Fee $54.4K

17.5%

Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) $37.3K

12.0%

Food and Beverage $16.6K

5.4%

Entertainment $15.3K

4.9%

Luminex Corporation

Honoraria $2.3K

0.7%

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.

NuSmile, Ltd.

  1. 1

    EUPHEMIA JOHNSON

    $90,578.88 · 84 txns

  2. 2

    WILLIAM WAGGONER

    $55,564.97 · 30 txns

  3. 3

    MATTHEW LUCERO

    $23,710.95 · 35 txns

  4. 4

    RYAN WALSH

    $20,487.61 · 17 txns

  5. 5

    PATRICK RUCK

    $19,875.88 · 24 txns

Luminex Corporation

  1. 1

    METHODIST HOSPITAL

    $1,515.88 · 1 txns

  2. 2

    Childrens Mercy Hospital

    $586.03 · 1 txns

  3. 3

    University Hospital

    $91.58 · 1 txns

  4. 4

    Tallahassee Memorial Hospital

    $35.43 · 2 txns

  5. 5

    CENTRASTATE MEDICAL CENTER

    $35.43 · 1 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric NuSmile, Ltd. Luminex Corporation
Total Payments $310.2K $309.0K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 735 19
Avg per Transaction $422.08 $16.3K
Recipient Count 735 8
Avg per Recipient $422.08 $38.6K
Payment Type Count 8 1
Top Payment Type Honoraria Honoraria

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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