Ten device companies that made the most general payments to physicians and teaching hospitals in 2018, and the percentage of annual revenue those payments made up:
Zimmer Biomet
$109.4 million
1.3 percent
Medtronic
$106.6 million
0.3 percent
Stryker
$91.8 million
0.7 percent
Boston Scientific
$82.2 million
0.8 percent
Johnson & Johnson
$77.7 million
0.3 percent
Abbott Labs
$33.8 million
0.3 percent
Alcon
$14 million
0.2 percent
Siemens Healthineers
$10 million
0.06 percent
BD
$8.7 million
0.1 percent
Royal Philips
$8.4 million
0.04 percent
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