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Merck KGaA vs Nexxt Spine LLC
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?
Merck KGaA has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 587, versus 576 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 15.4% 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.
- Merck KGaA
- HHI 587 · top recipient 15.4%
- Ranked #1,237 of 1,838 companies by HHI
- Nexxt Spine LLC
- HHI 576 · top recipient 11.4%
- Ranked #1,245 of 1,838 companies by HHI
Payment Overview
Merck KGaA
- Total Payments
- $290.6K
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 132
- Avg per Transaction
- $2.2K
- Recipients
- 101
- Avg per Recipient
- $2.9K
- Payment Types
- 4
- Top Payment Type
- Consulting Fee
Nexxt Spine LLC
- Total Payments
- $292.8K
- % of Industry
- 0.0%
- Transactions
- 358
- Avg per Transaction
- $817.96
- Recipients
- 358
- Avg per Recipient
- $817.96
- Payment Types
- 6
- Top Payment Type
- Royalty or License
Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.
Total payments compared
Merck KGaA vs Nexxt Spine LLC - 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.
Merck KGaA
59.5%
28.0%
12.0%
0.4%
Nexxt Spine LLC
63.4%
15.5%
8.9%
6.5%
5.4%
0.3%
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.
Merck KGaA
- 1
JEREMY SUGARMAN
$44,080.86 · 17 txns
- 2
LEORAH A FREEMAN
$22,055.61 · 6 txns
- 3
RILEY BOVE
$20,450.00 · 4 txns
- 4
HEIDI J CRAYTON
$20,232.47 · 7 txns
- 5
JONATHAN SCHOENFELD
$17,447.22 · 4 txns
Nexxt Spine LLC
- 1
Alexander C Lemons
$33,292.21 · 7 txns
- 2
John W Klekamp
$29,697.37 · 3 txns
- 3
Theodore Belanger
$28,970.00 · 1 txns
- 4
Michael J McNamara
$23,005.16 · 2 txns
- 5
Kamran Parsa
$19,739.06 · 11 txns
Summary Comparison
| Metric | Merck KGaA | Nexxt Spine LLC |
|---|---|---|
| Total Payments | $290.6K | $292.8K |
| % of Industry Total | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Transaction Count | 132 | 358 |
| Avg per Transaction | $2.2K | $817.96 |
| Recipient Count | 101 | 358 |
| Avg per Recipient | $2.9K | $817.96 |
| Payment Type Count | 4 | 6 |
| 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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