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Vector Surgical, LLC vs Nidek Co., Ltd.

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?

Nidek Co., Ltd. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 5,592, versus 1,240 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.

Vector Surgical, LLC
HHI 1,240 · top recipient 0.3%
Ranked #933 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Nidek Co., Ltd.
HHI 5,592 · top recipient 0.7%
Ranked #295 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$29.7K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
82
Avg per Transaction
$361.71
Recipients
82
Avg per Recipient
$361.71
Payment Types
3
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee
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Nidek Co., Ltd.

Total Payments
$29.8K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
11
Avg per Transaction
$2.7K
Recipients
11
Avg per Recipient
$2.7K
Payment Types
2
Top Payment Type
Royalty or License

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Vector Surgical, LLC vs Nidek Co., Ltd. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Nidek Co., Ltd.$29.8KVector Surgical, LLC$29.7K

Payment Types Breakdown

Vector Surgical, LLC

Consulting Fee $16.2K

54.7%

Food and Beverage $12.0K

40.5%

Royalty or License $1.4K

4.8%

Nidek Co., Ltd.

Royalty or License $21.1K

70.9%

Consulting Fee $8.7K

29.1%

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.

Vector Surgical, LLC

  1. 1

    William Drew Palin MD

    $8,000.00 · 6 txns

  2. 2

    Eric Monroe MD

    $6,275.00 · 3 txns

  3. 3

    Melvin J Silverstein MD

    $1,618.38 · 6 txns

  4. 4

    Stephanie Valente DO

    $340.38 · 2 txns

  5. 5

    Katherine Kopkash MD

    $340.38 · 2 txns

Nidek Co., Ltd.

  1. 1

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    $20,000.00 · 1 txns

  2. 2

    Kenneth Joseph Hoffer Dr

    $9,762.13 · 10 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Vector Surgical, LLC Nidek Co., Ltd.
Total Payments $29.7K $29.8K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 82 11
Avg per Transaction $361.71 $2.7K
Recipient Count 82 11
Avg per Recipient $361.71 $2.7K
Payment Type Count 3 2
Top Payment Type Consulting Fee Royalty or License

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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