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Exact Sciences Corporation vs bluebird bio, 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?
bluebird bio, Inc. has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 1,750, versus 115 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 33.5% 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.
- Exact Sciences Corporation
- HHI 115 · top recipient 7.1%
- Ranked #1,664 of 1,838 companies by HHI
- bluebird bio, Inc.
- HHI 1,750 · top recipient 33.5%
- Ranked #800 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Payment Overview
Exact Sciences Corporation
- Total Payments
- $4.4M
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 107,726
- Avg per Transaction
- $40.71
- Recipients
- 107,493
- Avg per Recipient
- $40.80
- Payment Types
- 7
- Top Payment Type
- Food and Beverage
bluebird bio, Inc.
- Total Payments
- $4.5M
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 377
- Avg per Transaction
- $11.9K
- Recipients
- 229
- Avg per Recipient
- $19.6K
- Payment Types
- 4
- Top Payment Type
- Consulting Fee
Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.
Total payments compared
Exact Sciences Corporation vs bluebird bio, Inc. - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024
General Payment Types Breakdown
Category shares use each company's General Payments total, not the all-tracks (General + Research + Ownership) hero figure.
Exact Sciences Corporation
64.8%
24.4%
5.7%
3.5%
0.9%
0.8%
bluebird bio, Inc.
52.4%
26.9%
15.6%
5.1%
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.
Exact Sciences Corporation
- 1
JOHN KISIEL
$244,192.92 · 13 txns
- 2
Helen Hayes Hospital
$168,004.79 · 2 txns
- 3
JOSHUA MOU
$161,550.00 · 13 txns
- 4
THOMAS IMPERIALE
$80,998.42 · 19 txns
- 5
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
$75,000.00 · 1 txns
bluebird bio, Inc.
- 1
ANDREW DIETZ
$69,750.00 · 9 txns
- 2
JOHN O AGWUNOBI
$32,500.00 · 2 txns
- 3
University Of Virginia Medical Cente
$29,000.00 · 2 txns
- 4
Massachusetts General Hospital
$25,000.00 · 1 txns
- 5
DANIEL LOES
$10,002.50 · 8 txns
Summary Comparison
| Metric | Exact Sciences Corporation | bluebird bio, Inc. |
|---|---|---|
| Total Payments | $4.4M | $4.5M |
| % of Industry Total | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Transaction Count | 107,726 | 377 |
| Avg per Transaction | $40.71 | $11.9K |
| Recipient Count | 107,493 | 229 |
| Avg per Recipient | $40.80 | $19.6K |
| Payment Type Count | 7 | 4 |
| Top Payment Type | Food and Beverage | 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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