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Novo Nordisk AS vs US Retina 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?

US Retina LLC has the more concentrated recorded General Payments recipient profile in Program Year 2024: its recipient-distribution HHI is 1,391, versus 178 for the other company. Its single largest recorded recipient represents 14.1% 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.

Novo Nordisk AS
HHI 178 · top recipient 8.0%
Ranked #1,581 of 1,838 companies by HHI
US Retina LLC
HHI 1,391 · top recipient 14.1%
Ranked #899 of 1,838 companies by HHI

Payment Overview

Company A

Novo Nordisk AS

Total Payments
$49.2M
% of Industry
0.4%
Transactions
43,976
Avg per Transaction
$1.1K
Recipients
804
Avg per Recipient
$61.2K
Payment Types
5
Top Payment Type
Consulting Fee
Company B

US Retina LLC

Total Payments
$50.8M
% of Industry
0.4%
Transactions
199
Avg per Transaction
$255.3K
Recipients
8
Avg per Recipient
$6.3M
Payment Types
1
Top Payment Type
Acquisitions

Highlighted values indicate the higher figure for each metric.

Total payments compared

Novo Nordisk AS vs US Retina LLC - total reported payments in CMS Open Payments PY2024

US Retina LLC$50.8MNovo Nordisk AS$49.2M

General Payment Types Breakdown

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

Novo Nordisk AS

Consulting Fee $1.4M

57.4%

Travel and Lodging $786.3K

32.1%

Royalty or License $210.0K

8.6%

Food and Beverage $31.6K

1.3%

Compensation for Services Other Than Consulting $14.5K

0.6%

US Retina LLC

Acquisitions $355.0K

100.0%

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.

Novo Nordisk AS

  1. 1

    University Of Washington Med Ctr

    $195,000.00 · 2 txns

  2. 2

    PAM R TAUB

    $80,863.44 · 15 txns

  3. 3

    ROXANA MEHRAN

    $77,799.01 · 15 txns

  4. 4

    ERIN A BOHULA

    $63,688.20 · 14 txns

  5. 5

    BRENDA M MARTIN

    $54,756.13 · 16 txns

US Retina LLC

  1. 1

    BENJAMIN BAKALL

    $50,000.00 · 1 txns

  2. 2

    JOSEPH SHEPARD BRYAN

    $50,000.00 · 1 txns

  3. 3

    ALAN J GORDON

    $50,000.00 · 1 txns

  4. 4

    STEPHEN A.M. DE SOUZA

    $50,000.00 · 1 txns

  5. 5

    RAHUL K. REDDY

    $50,000.00 · 1 txns

Summary Comparison

Metric Novo Nordisk AS US Retina LLC
Total Payments $49.2M $50.8M
% of Industry Total 0.4% 0.4%
Transaction Count 43,976 199
Avg per Transaction $1.1K $255.3K
Recipient Count 804 8
Avg per Recipient $61.2K $6.3M
Payment Type Count 5 1
Top Payment Type Consulting Fee Acquisitions

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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