Becton, Dickinson and Company

Reporting payments is a legal requirement; large totals often reflect large product portfolios.

$27Mgeneral payments (2019-2025)
$1.2Mresearch payments (2019-2025)
26,586clinicians paid

General and research payments are shown separately, never blended. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials.

General payments by year

2019 $7.4M
2020 $1.9M
2021 $10M
2022 $920K
2023 $1.3M
2024 $1.8M
2025 $2.8M

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are totaled above and not included in these bars.

Products most associated with its payments

Specialties it works with most

Internal Medicine $7.6M
Ophthalmology $2.9M
Anesthesiology $2.5M
Hematology & Oncology $619K
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered $615K
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $530K

Clinicians with the largest reported totals

Often long-running consulting, speaking, or advisory relationships, which companies must report by law. A large total is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyGeneral payments (2019-2025)
Pitamber Devgon Philadelphia, PA Internal Medicine $7,503,852.58
Lawrence Lynn Columbus, OH $4,773,178.00
Alfred Sommer Baltimore, MD Ophthalmology $2,929,267.80
Jack Jeng South San Francisco, CA Anesthesiology $1,285,893.59
John Pesando Seattle, WA Hematology & Oncology $608,328.28
Patrick Hymel Metairie, LA $576,095.07
Stephen Brossette Birmingham, AL Clinical Pathology $441,449.51
Joanne Waldstreicher New Brunswick, NJ Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $441,045.46
Carrie Byington Salt Lake City, UT Pediatric Infectious Diseases $431,261.30
Michael Ingber Denville, NJ Urology $431,026.99

Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.