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HealthTronics Stone Solutions, LLC vs Pillar Biosciences, 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?

HealthTronics Stone Solutions, LLC has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 4,526, versus 4,491 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 66.8% 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.

HealthTronics Stone Solutions, LLC
HHI 4,526 · top recipient 66.8%
Ranked #408 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Pillar Biosciences, Inc
HHI 4,491 · top recipient 64.3%
Ranked #412 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Total Payments
$3.2K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
30
Avg per Transaction
$107.73
Recipients
30
Avg per Recipient
$107.73
Payment Types
2
Top Payment Type
Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting
Total Payments
$3.3K
% of Industry
0.0%
Transactions
8
Avg per Transaction
$413.27
Recipients
8
Avg per Recipient
$413.27
Payment Types
2
Top Payment Type
Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education)

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

HealthTronics Stone Solutions, LLC vs Pillar Biosciences, Inc - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

Pillar Biosciences, Inc$3.3KHealthTronics Stone Solutio…$3.2K

General Payment Types Breakdown

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

HealthTronics Stone Solutions, LLC

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $2.1K

65.5%

Food and Beverage $1.1K

34.5%

Pillar Biosciences, Inc

Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education) $2.0K

60.5%

Food and Beverage $1.3K

39.5%

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.

HealthTronics Stone Solutions, LLC

  1. 1

    BRIAN ORR

    $2,159.26 · 3 txns

  2. 2

    ALAN E HANANEL

    $166.89 · 2 txns

  3. 3

    ZVI J SCHIFFMAN

    $48.54 · 1 txns

  4. 4

    LARA SELTZ MATHESON

    $48.54 · 1 txns

  5. 5

    MICHAEL LEWITTON

    $48.54 · 1 txns

Pillar Biosciences, Inc

  1. 1

    Mark D Ewalt

    $2,125.56 · 2 txns

  2. 2

    Raphael Borok

    $560.03 · 1 txns

  3. 3

    Eduardo Castro-Echeverry

    $125.56 · 1 txns

  4. 4

    Chung Che Chang

    $125.56 · 1 txns

  5. 5

    Eric Vail

    $123.43 · 1 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric HealthTronics Stone Solutions, LLC Pillar Biosciences, Inc
Total Payments $3.2K $3.3K
% of Industry Total 0.0% 0.0%
Transaction Count 30 8
Avg per Transaction $107.73 $413.27
Recipient Count 30 8
Avg per Recipient $107.73 $413.27
Payment Type Count 2 2
Top Payment Type Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting Compensation for Faculty or Speaker (Medical Education)

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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