Open Payments · North Dakota

What drug & device companies paid North Dakota doctors

Between 2018 and 2025, companies reported $85M in payments to 4,955 North Dakota physicians and teaching hospitals. Explore totals by congressional district and county, company, and recipient. ‹ Back to the national map

Analysis by , Chief Technology Officer at Civly · built from the complete CMS Open Payments release, program years 2018–2025.

$85M
reported 2018–2025
4,955
physicians paid
$17,095
avg / physician
996
companies paying
$18M
biggest recipient

Areas are shaded by total reported payments. Hover over an area for detail, or click it to keep the detail open. About 98% of payments map to an area by ZIP code. PO-box and unique ZIP codes are excluded. Source: CMS Open Payments, loaded by Civly.

Who pays North Dakota doctors, and who gets paid

Reported payments for 2018–2025 from CMS Open Payments. A reported payment alone does not indicate wrongdoing.

Top payers

Drug & device companies, 2018–2025
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION$16M
PFIZER INC.$10M
Eli Lilly and Company$10M
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.$8M
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corpo…$4M
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP$3M
Amgen Inc.$3M
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC$2M
Boston Scientific Corporation$2M
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation$2M

Biggest recipients

North Dakota physicians by total received, 2018–2025
Noyes William$18M
Sekundiak Todd$8M
Mickelson John$859k
Desai Nayan$414k
Teigen Corey$386k
Vetter Richard$364k
Sethi Muhammad$337k
Thorson Thomas$275k

Top specialties

By total received, 2018–2025
Radiation Oncology$18M
Orthopaedic Surgery$8M
Family Medicine$2M
Occupational Medicine$859k
Nurse Practitioner$586k
Interventional Cardiology$527k
Surgery$504k
Cardiovascular Disease$481k

By the numbers, 2018–2025

4,955

physicians and teaching hospitals took at least one payment.

$85M

reported across 125,153 individual payments.

How North Dakota compares nationally

North Dakota ranks 45th of 51 for total reported payments, with $85M across 125,153 payments from 2018 to 2025. That is 0.09% of the $93.15B reported nationwide. Payments averaged $17,095 per recipient across 4,955 physicians and teaching hospitals, about 62% below the $44,986 national average (42nd of 51 per physician). The largest payer was BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION at $16M. The highest-paid specialty was Radiation Oncology. The largest individual recipient, Noyes William, received $18M across 362 payments.

#45
of 51 in total payments
#42
of 51 per physician
0.09%
of all U.S. payments

Compare with nearby states

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