Manufacturer or GPO Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Synthes GmbH

Switzerland

CMS manufacturer 100000151598

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General payments

$18,149,921

15,108 payments

Research payments

0 payments

Ownership & investment interest

None reported

Through program year 2025, Synthes GmbH reported paying $18,149,921 in general payments and $0 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

General

’19 ’20 ’21 ’22 ’23 ’24 ’25

Peak $3.5M

Year	Kind	Amount	Payments
2025	General	$2,635,817	2,825
2024	General	$2,454,298	2,666
2023	General	$2,801,023	2,653
2022	General	$2,591,617	2,333
2021	General	$2,079,969	1,332
2020	General	$2,113,469	1,330
2019	General	$3,473,728	1,969

Breakdown

Top recipients General payments · program year 2025

University Of Washington Med Ctr Teaching hospital · WA $175,132 16 payments
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Teaching hospital · CA $101,500 10 payments
Erlanger Medical Center Teaching hospital · TN $83,800 7 payments
University Of Alabama Hospital Teaching hospital · AL $65,935 7 payments
U Of U Hospitals & Clinics Teaching hospital · UT $58,500 5 payments
Cleveland Clinic Hospital Teaching hospital · OH $40,500 2 payments
Metrohealth Medical Center Teaching hospital · OH $37,500 4 payments
Rush University Medical Center Teaching hospital · IL $36,000 4 payments
North Shore University Hospital Teaching hospital · NY $30,000 3 payments
Emory University Hospital Teaching hospital · GA $25,000 1 payment

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025

Orthopaedic Surgery $619,322 32% · 182 practitioners
Orthopaedic Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery $487,586 25% · 110 practitioners
Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist $100,051 5% · 29 practitioners
Otolaryngology $93,753 5% · 29 practitioners
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Surgery $93,514 5% · 31 practitioners

The top 5 of 30 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.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2025

California $326,568 12% · 66 recipients
Washington $295,388 11% · 32 recipients
Texas $161,326 6% · 38 recipients
Ohio $160,273 6% · 24 recipients
New York $133,397 5% · 30 recipients

The top 5 of 45 states; each share is of this company’s general payments in 2025 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

What the payments were for General payments · program years 2019–2025

Grant $6,040,937 375 payments
Travel and Lodging $4,566,077 6,782 payments
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $4,036,780 3,148 payments
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program $1,985,786 1,410 payments
Honoraria $445,559 754 payments
Acquisitions $437,720 9 payments
Food and Beverage $325,312 2,407 payments
Consulting Fee $311,750 223 payments

Companies with a similar name General payments · program years 2019–2025

Synthes USA Products LLC PA, United States $2,140,922

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

Records

15,108 general

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What you are looking at

Manufacturers of drugs, devices and biologicals, and group purchasing organisations, are required to report the payments and transfers of value they make to physicians and teaching hospitals. This page shows what this company reported.