Manufacturer or GPO Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Cochlear Ltd

Australia

CMS manufacturer 100000010542

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General payments

$121,562

63 payments

Research payments

$62,904

2 payments

Ownership & investment interest

$0

None reported

Through program year 2025, Cochlear Ltd reported paying $121,562 in general payments and $62,904 in research payments to U.S. physicians, teaching hospitals and other recipients.

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

7 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2025 General $16,071 1
2024 General $10,145 6
2023 General $96 1
2023 Research $49,252 1
2022 General $17,827 21
2022 Research $13,652 1
2019 General $77,423 34

Breakdown

Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Sarah Mowry Otology & Neurotology · Cleveland, OH $16,071 1 payment
Top research recipients Research payments · program year 2023
  1. University Of Iowa Hosp & Clinics Teaching hospital · IA $49,252 1 payment
Products the payments named General payments · program year 2025
  1. Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode Implantable hearing solution $16,071 33% · 1 recipient
  2. Baha Implantable hearing solution $16,071 33% · 1 recipient
  3. Osia Osi300 Implant Implantable hearing solution $16,071 33% · 1 recipient

Each share is of this company’s general payments naming a product in 2025. A payment can name up to five products, so these amounts overlap.

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Otology & Neurotology Otolaryngology $16,071 100% · 1 practitioner

Each share is of this company’s general payments to practitioners with a specialty in 2025. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

Where the money went General payments · program year 2025
  1. Ohio $16,071 100% · 1 recipient

Each share is of this company’s general payments in 2025 where a state was reported.

What the payments were for General payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Travel and Lodging $93,757 32 payments
  2. Consulting Fee $10,850 4 payments
  3. Honoraria $10,050 2 payments
  4. Food and Beverage $6,906 25 payments
Companies with a similar name General payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Cochlear Americas CO, United States $2,557,465
  2. Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions AB Sweden $13,843
  3. Cochlear AG Switzerland $12,311
  4. Cochlear Latinoamerica Sociedad Anonima Panama $9,408

Grouped by name only. CMS publishes no corporate ownership, so a shared name does not mean a shared parent.

63 general · 2 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2025

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