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Beckman Coulter, Inc. vs PTC Therapeutics, Inc.

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?

Beckman Coulter, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 2,954, versus 811 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 48.8% 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.

Beckman Coulter, Inc.
HHI 2,954 · top recipient 48.8%
Ranked #574 of 1,838 companies by HHI
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
HHI 811 · top recipient 19.4%
Ranked #1,111 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$8.3M
% of Industry
0.1%
Transactions
540
Avg per Transaction
$15.4K
Recipients
469
Avg per Recipient
$17.7K
Payment Types
5
Top Payment Type
Royalty or License
Total Payments
$8.4M
% of Industry
0.1%
Transactions
1,680
Avg per Transaction
$5.0K
Recipients
505
Avg per Recipient
$16.6K
Payment Types
8
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Beckman Coulter, Inc. vs PTC Therapeutics, Inc. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

PTC Therapeutics, Inc.$8.4MBeckman Coulter, Inc.$8.3M

General Payment Types Breakdown

Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

Royalty or License $3.7M

80.9%

Consulting Fee $786.3K

17.1%

Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) $41.6K

0.9%

Travel and Lodging $37.3K

0.8%

Food and Beverage $10.6K

0.2%

PTC Therapeutics, Inc.

Consulting Fee $219.3K

47.2%

Travel and Lodging $118.1K

25.4%

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $99.9K

21.5%

Food and Beverage $11.0K

2.4%

Space Rental or Facility Fees $7.0K

1.5%

Royalty or License $5.0K

1.1%

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.

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

  1. 1

    JOHN MICHAEL PESANDO

    $2,242,656.63 · 2 txns

  2. 2

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    $1,041,340.38 · 5 txns

  3. 3

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospi

    $211,740.24 · 2 txns

  4. 4

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    $211,740.24 · 2 txns

  5. 5

    BRIAN HARVEY

    $106,500.00 · 5 txns

PTC Therapeutics, Inc.

  1. 1

    GLENN STEELE

    $90,185.83 · 56 txns

  2. 2

    MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

    $70,747.32 · 4 txns

  3. 3

    DANIEL CLAASSEN

    $29,593.45 · 18 txns

  4. 4

    NICOLA LONGO

    $27,436.79 · 18 txns

  5. 5

    MELISSA LAH

    $25,098.64 · 14 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Beckman Coulter, Inc. PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Total Payments $8.3M $8.4M
% of Industry Total 0.1% 0.1%
Transaction Count 540 1,680
Avg per Transaction $15.4K $5.0K
Recipient Count 469 505
Avg per Recipient $17.7K $16.6K
Payment Type Count 5 8
Top Payment Type Royalty or License Consulting Fee

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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