Manufacturer or GPO Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Medtronic, Inc.

MN, United States

CMS manufacturer 100000000106

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General payments

$619,308,582

1,544,231 payments

Research payments

$347,284,972

56,898 payments

Ownership & investment interest

$0

None reported

Through program year 2025, Medtronic, Inc. reported paying $619,308,582 in general payments and $347,284,972 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

14 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2025 General $111,704,211 346,536
2025 Research $62,676,848 8,802
2024 General $117,697,731 342,681
2024 Research $72,220,864 10,662
2023 General $117,718,052 335,833
2023 Research $59,694,468 10,909
2022 General $127,648,752 307,564
2022 Research $65,947,957 11,538
2021 General $143,257,043 208,578
2021 Research $73,034,762 12,577
2020 General $591,972 825
2020 Research $6,424,583 1,552
2019 General $690,821 2,214
2019 Research $7,285,491 858

Breakdown

Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Kevin Foley Neurological Surgery · Memphis, TN $19,929,014 38 payments
  2. Peter Ullrich Surgery · Appleton, WI $5,156,899 4 payments
  3. Lawrence Lenke Orthopaedic Surgery · New York, NY $4,149,465 53 payments
  4. Richard Hynes Orthopaedic Surgery · Melbourne, FL $1,612,929 17 payments
  5. Regis Haid Neurological Surgery · Atlanta, GA $1,447,777 116 payments
  6. Roger Jackson Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · North Kansas City, MO $1,178,877 8 payments
  7. Charles Branch Neurological Surgery · Advance, NC $1,048,293 5 payments
  8. Michael Caskey Phoenix, AZ $867,697 337 payments
  9. Hartford Hospital Teaching hospital · CT $822,383 31 payments
  10. Albert Pacifico Vascular Surgery · Birmingham, AL $784,831 4 payments
Top research recipients Research payments · program year 2025
  1. Duke Univ. $2,080,106 119 payments
  2. Cleveland Clinic Hospital Teaching hospital · OH $1,745,660 138 payments
  3. Minneapolis Heart Institute $1,297,460 89 payments
  4. Biomedical Research Alliance Of New York LLC $1,001,699 119 payments
  5. Baylor Research Institute $999,629 106 payments
  6. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Teaching hospital · TN $965,471 66 payments
  7. Nura Pllc $931,266 12 payments
  8. Mayo Foundation $928,275 58 payments
  9. Univ Of Mi Hospitals & Hlth Ctrs Teaching hospital · MI $726,934 108 payments
  10. University of Pittsburgh Physicians $697,599 65 payments
Products the payments named General payments · program year 2025
  1. CD Horizon Spinal System Tl $20,220,609 27% · 1,226 recipients
  2. Corevalve Evolut R Transcatheter Valve Systems $5,638,934 7% · 5,183 recipients
  3. Catalyft Pl Expandable Interbody System Tl $4,982,688 7% · 716 recipients
  4. Intellis Adaptivestim Spinal Cord Neurostimulation $2,231,524 3% · 6,122 recipients
  5. Symplicity G3 Renal Denervation System $2,126,295 3% · 5,173 recipients

The top 5 of 362 products; 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.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Neurological Surgery $33,288,564 32% · 2,793 practitioners
  2. Orthopaedic Surgery $10,768,209 10% · 1,210 practitioners
  3. Surgery $8,362,177 8% · 3,755 practitioners
  4. Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $6,482,377 6% · 765 practitioners
  5. Interventional Cardiology Internal Medicine $6,090,768 6% · 3,281 practitioners

The top 5 of 257 specialties; each share is of this company’s general payments to practitioners with a specialty in 2025. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2025
  1. Tennessee $21,314,679 19% · 2,111 recipients
  2. California $9,161,165 8% · 6,141 recipients
  3. New York $9,046,434 8% · 4,871 recipients
  4. Wisconsin $6,220,760 6% · 870 recipients
  5. Florida $6,166,501 6% · 6,507 recipients

The top 5 of 55 states; each share is of this company’s general payments in 2025 where a state was reported.

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What the payments were for General payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Royalty or License $240,776,205 2,513 payments
  2. Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $106,172,537 36,472 payments
  3. Acquisitions $73,491,018 808 payments
  4. Food and Beverage $56,467,373 1,250,872 payments
  5. Travel and Lodging $46,645,493 218,255 payments
  6. Grant $40,469,683 4,533 payments
  7. Consulting Fee $38,211,320 16,687 payments
  8. Space rental or facility fees (teaching hospital only) $10,119,821 813 payments
  9. Debt forgiveness $4,013,838 185 payments
  10. Education $1,203,208 12,627 payments
Companies with a similar name General payments · program years 2019–2025
  1. Medtronic USA, Inc. MN, United States $150,144,121
  2. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. MN, United States $144,337,791
  3. Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. MN, United States $42,496,494

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

1,544,231 general · 56,898 research

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