Boston Scientific
Big 100 rank: 14
2018 revenue: $9,823,000,000
2018 general payments: $82.2 million (0.8%)
Boston Scientific made $70.9 million in general payments to 39,116 physicians in 2018.
- Current or prospective ownership or investment interest: $39.5 million (55.7%)
- Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program: $10.8 million (15.2%)
- Food and beverage: $5.4 million (7.6%)
- Travel and lodging: $5.3 million (7.5%)
- Royalty or license: $4 million (5.6%)
- Grant: $3 million (4.2%)
- Consulting fee: $2.9 million (4.1%)
- Education: $25,700 (0%)
The company also made $11.3 million in general payments to 146 teaching hospitals in the U.S. last year.
- Grant: $6 million (53.1%)
- Current or prospective ownership or investment interest: $2.6 million (23%)
- Consulting fee: $2.1 million (18.5%)
- Space rental or facility fees: $363,900 (3.2%)
- Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program: $155,400 (1.4%)
- Charitable contribution: $57,200 (0.5%)
- Royalty or license: $35,000 (0.3)
- Food and beverage: $367 (0%)
- Travel and lodging: $247 (0%)
