TOOL: Medical Malpractice Payouts by State

LAST UPDATED: April 1, 2023

The data is now updated with payout information through 2022.

This tool can be used to filter medical malpractice payout data from the National Practitioner Data Bank. It contains data from 2015 through 2022. Use the toggles to filter to different states and years. You can easily clear the filters by hitting a refresh of the page.

Medical malpractice payout data can be useful for doctors and anyone in healthcare who wants to get a sense of what the medical malpractice payout landscape is like in different states. You can also find out more about each state by reading our state buying guides, which contain information for each state on tort reform, medical malpractice insurance carriers, state guidelines for minimum coverage amounts, approximate rates for each specialty, and more.

State:

Year:

State	Year	Number of Payments	Payment Amount	Avg Payment Amount
Alabama	2015	38	15,422,250	405,848
Alabama	2016	34	21,316,500	626,955
Alabama	2017	33	11,712,500	354,924
Alabama	2018	35	33,540,500	958,300
Alabama	2019	59	29,533,500	500,567
Alabama	2020	34	20,520,750	603,551
Alabama	2021	53	29,180,000	550,566
Alabama	2022	50	25,948,000	518,960
Alaska	2015	12	6,220,000	518,333
Alaska	2016	9	3,122,500	346,944
Alaska	2017	15	6,290,000	419,333
Alaska	2018	13	13,125,000	1,009,615
Alaska	2019	8	1,792,500	224,062
Alaska	2020	12	5,220,000	435,000
Alaska	2021	7	3,617,500	516,785
Alaska	2022	12	5,372,500	447,708
Arizona	2015	119	59,466,000	499,714
Arizona	2016	120	46,094,000	384,116
Arizona	2017	132	43,750,550	331,443
Arizona	2018	126	57,533,750	456,617
Arizona	2019	121	58,184,500	480,863
Arizona	2020	108	46,242,500	428,171
Arizona	2021	94	47,988,500	510,515
Arizona	2022	117	57,968,500	495,457
Arkansas	2015	49	17,807,500	363,418
Arkansas	2016	58	23,073,750	397,823
Arkansas	2017	37	17,008,750	459,695
Arkansas	2018	45	13,778,750	306,194
Arkansas	2019	38	10,978,250	288,901
Arkansas	2020	43	16,755,000	389,651
Arkansas	2021	34	11,906,250	350,183
Arkansas	2022	42	19,351,250	460,744
California	2015	869	227,088,000	261,321
California	2016	806	182,411,600	226,317
California	2017	781	209,322,400	268,018
California	2018	780	225,601,550	289,232
California	2019	653	187,277,100	286,794
California	2020	591	166,432,550	281,611
California	2021	512	162,837,850	318,042
California	2022	599	184,773,750	308,470
Colorado	2015	71	36,338,000	511,802
Colorado	2016	63	23,942,500	380,039
Colorado	2017	73	27,342,500	374,554
Colorado	2018	67	29,805,000	444,850
Colorado	2019	51	25,096,250	492,083
Colorado	2020	60	22,661,250	377,687
Colorado	2021	57	22,075,750	387,293
Colorado	2022	69	33,710,000	488,550
Connecticut	2015	127	77,137,500	607,381
Connecticut	2016	100	56,397,500	563,975
Connecticut	2017	119	93,134,500	782,642
Connecticut	2018	103	85,503,500	830,131
Connecticut	2019	84	60,505,000	720,297
Connecticut	2020	69	50,103,250	726,134
Connecticut	2021	63	47,068,750	747,123
Connecticut	2022	112	91,305,000	815,223
Delaware	2015	21	9,177,500	437,023
Delaware	2016	20	5,261,000	263,050
Delaware	2017	12	4,522,500	376,875
Delaware	2018	18	7,202,500	400,138
Delaware	2019	24	10,285,000	428,541
Delaware	2020	18	9,747,500	541,527
Delaware	2021	12	9,102,500	758,541
Delaware	2022	22	14,097,500	640,795
District of Columbia	2015	5	7,680,000	1,536,000
District of Columbia	2016	10	4,910,000	491,000
District of Columbia	2017	12	8,066,250	672,187
District of Columbia	2018	6	2,082,500	347,083
District of Columbia	2019	9	4,010,000	445,555
District of Columbia	2020	8	4,320,000	540,000
District of Columbia	2021	10	6,122,500	612,250
District of Columbia	2022	16	13,316,250	832,265
Florida	2015	733	202,256,000	275,929
Florida	2016	689	165,106,000	239,631
Florida	2017	822	199,091,550	242,203
Florida	2018	876	263,259,050	300,524
Florida	2019	823	278,860,750	338,834
Florida	2020	716	245,849,550	343,365
Florida	2021	670	203,849,700	304,253
Florida	2022	845	288,822,800	341,802
Georgia	2015	222	88,824,750	400,111
Georgia	2016	181	84,293,850	465,711
Georgia	2017	227	121,785,750	536,501
Georgia	2018	265	127,977,750	482,934
Georgia	2019	265	128,015,250	483,076
Georgia	2020	179	116,306,250	649,755
Georgia	2021	163	83,555,850	512,612
Georgia	2022	208	133,313,250	640,929
Hawaii	2015	17	3,077,000	181,000
Hawaii	2016	24	9,025,000	376,041
Hawaii	2017	40	20,982,500	524,562
Hawaii	2018	18	9,602,500	533,472
Hawaii	2019	27	12,122,000	448,962
Hawaii	2020	21	11,013,750	524,464
Hawaii	2021	18	8,497,500	472,083
Hawaii	2022	16	8,932,500	558,281
Idaho	2015	25	5,048,750	201,950
Idaho	2016	17	16,441,250	967,132
Idaho	2017	21	7,432,500	353,928
Idaho	2018	24	9,148,750	381,197
Idaho	2019	16	5,587,500	349,218
Idaho	2020	20	10,102,500	505,125
Idaho	2021	18	7,485,000	415,833
Idaho	2022	22	13,467,500	612,159
Illinois	2015	297	214,867,500	723,459
Illinois	2016	282	214,653,750	761,183
Illinois	2017	340	249,764,550	734,601
Illinois	2018	224	164,800,750	735,717
Illinois	2019	256	206,990,000	808,554
Illinois	2020	213	161,822,000	759,727
Illinois	2021	164	112,303,300	684,776
Illinois	2022	275	148,628,000	540,465
Indiana	2015	197	46,344,000	235,248
Indiana	2016	235	68,887,250	293,137
Indiana	2017	196	46,036,250	234,878
Indiana	2018	186	42,454,350	228,249
Indiana	2019	195	56,965,750	292,132
Indiana	2020	178	40,798,500	229,205
Indiana	2021	219	51,545,250	235,366
Indiana	2022	204	52,790,000	258,774
Iowa	2015	33	11,299,800	342,418
Iowa	2016	35	15,263,750	436,107
Iowa	2017	50	15,185,000	303,700
Iowa	2018	56	21,452,500	383,080
Iowa	2019	64	44,320,000	692,500
Iowa	2020	26	18,602,500	715,480
Iowa	2021	27	22,021,250	815,601
Iowa	2022	31	18,987,500	612,500
Kansas	2015	105	18,778,500	178,842
Kansas	2016	102	20,757,500	203,504
Kansas	2017	98	19,133,750	195,242
Kansas	2018	103	19,349,500	187,859
Kansas	2019	99	20,951,250	211,628
Kansas	2020	82	17,502,250	213,442
Kansas	2021	73	17,225,000	235,958
Kansas	2022	145	33,237,750	229,225
Kentucky	2015	96	32,874,000	342,437
Kentucky	2016	92	23,508,000	255,521
Kentucky	2017	99	34,729,550	350,803
Kentucky	2018	101	40,175,000	397,772
Kentucky	2019	88	27,149,500	308,517
Kentucky	2020	67	21,785,750	325,160
Kentucky	2021	75	30,581,500	407,753
Kentucky	2022	105	35,913,250	342,030
Louisiana	2015	226	53,820,000	238,141
Louisiana	2016	216	36,167,500	167,442
Louisiana	2017	274	59,620,250	217,592
Louisiana	2018	234	60,948,500	260,463
Louisiana	2019	206	64,615,000	313,665
Louisiana	2020	225	68,886,250	306,161
Louisiana	2021	160	36,954,550	230,965
Louisiana	2022	203	54,698,750	269,451
Maine	2015	26	13,001,000	500,038
Maine	2016	16	6,544,500	409,031
Maine	2017	31	21,787,000	702,806
Maine	2018	23	18,803,750	817,554
Maine	2019	15	2,500,000	166,666
Maine	2020	20	6,948,250	347,412
Maine	2021	21	21,390,000	1,018,571
Maine	2022	21	6,711,250	319,583
Maryland	2015	165	89,414,750	541,907
Maryland	2016	173	78,732,500	455,101
Maryland	2017	191	69,993,000	366,455
Maryland	2018	125	58,030,750	464,246
Maryland	2019	145	57,049,750	393,446
Maryland	2020	135	61,243,000	453,651
Maryland	2021	159	79,709,250	501,316
Maryland	2022	143	51,737,500	361,800
Massachusetts	2015	203	149,120,000	734,581
Massachusetts	2016	186	159,161,500	855,706
Massachusetts	2017	127	84,925,500	668,704
Massachusetts	2018	176	151,654,000	861,670
Massachusetts	2019	189	161,207,000	852,947
Massachusetts	2020	119	77,952,000	655,058
Massachusetts	2021	96	53,347,500	555,703
Massachusetts	2022	203	183,291,300	902,912
Michigan	2015	224	43,160,000	192,678
Michigan	2016	233	41,010,500	176,010
Michigan	2017	197	52,332,900	265,649
Michigan	2018	182	49,385,250	271,347
Michigan	2019	167	43,787,000	262,197
Michigan	2020	127	35,045,000	275,944
Michigan	2021	150	38,809,500	258,730
Michigan	2022	200	66,837,750	334,188
Minnesota	2015	53	44,291,050	835,680
Minnesota	2016	43	29,876,250	694,796
Minnesota	2017	35	15,067,000	430,485
Minnesota	2018	40	34,996,250	874,906
Minnesota	2019	38	38,048,300	1,001,271
Minnesota	2020	36	24,113,250	669,812
Minnesota	2021	24	32,232,500	1,343,020
Minnesota	2022	24	9,220,000	384,166
Mississippi	2015	42	9,100,000	216,666
Mississippi	2016	50	20,160,000	403,200
Mississippi	2017	51	14,202,000	278,470
Mississippi	2018	41	7,042,500	171,768
Mississippi	2019	52	13,629,500	262,105
Mississippi	2020	36	11,516,250	319,895
Mississippi	2021	44	19,758,500	449,056
Mississippi	2022	57	33,536,250	588,355
Missouri	2015	112	49,422,500	441,272
Missouri	2016	107	50,270,500	469,817
Missouri	2017	105	33,126,250	315,488
Missouri	2018	116	34,266,000	295,396
Missouri	2019	109	42,976,050	394,275
Missouri	2020	87	29,550,750	339,663
Missouri	2021	111	42,785,850	385,458
Missouri	2022	143	56,998,750	398,592
Montana	2015	28	7,836,250	279,866
Montana	2016	29	9,771,250	336,939
Montana	2017	40	15,277,250	381,931
Montana	2018	32	6,181,250	193,164
Montana	2019	26	9,077,500	349,134
Montana	2020	28	9,381,250	335,044
Montana	2021	28	7,552,500	269,732
Montana	2022	21	8,922,500	424,880
Nebraska	2015	39	12,268,500	314,576
Nebraska	2016	40	13,363,250	334,081
Nebraska	2017	31	8,900,000	287,096
Nebraska	2018	37	15,560,000	420,540
Nebraska	2019	34	13,345,000	392,500
Nebraska	2020	24	9,902,500	412,604
Nebraska	2021	23	8,072,500	350,978
Nebraska	2022	22	10,917,500	496,250
Nevada	2015	56	19,921,500	355,741
Nevada	2016	59	16,751,250	283,919
Nevada	2017	70	16,234,000	231,914
Nevada	2018	51	20,557,050	403,079
Nevada	2019	48	17,408,750	362,682
Nevada	2020	56	15,322,750	273,620
Nevada	2021	46	19,677,000	427,760
Nevada	2022	67	28,735,000	428,880
New Hampshire	2015	22	10,890,000	495,000
New Hampshire	2016	35	47,061,250	1,344,607
New Hampshire	2017	43	26,534,500	617,081
New Hampshire	2018	37	16,419,750	443,777
New Hampshire	2019	34	15,739,500	462,926
New Hampshire	2020	25	13,843,750	553,750
New Hampshire	2021	39	16,680,000	427,692
New Hampshire	2022	28	14,515,000	518,392
New Jersey	2015	348	171,129,500	491,751
New Jersey	2016	373	213,007,000	571,064
New Jersey	2017	381	187,063,500	490,980
New Jersey	2018	400	171,291,500	428,228
New Jersey	2019	366	186,595,000	509,822
New Jersey	2020	263	133,421,500	507,306
New Jersey	2021	208	105,027,050	504,937
New Jersey	2022	285	146,784,000	515,031
New Mexico	2015	79	30,657,500	388,069
New Mexico	2016	54	23,980,000	444,074
New Mexico	2017	66	26,473,250	401,109
New Mexico	2018	69	21,625,750	313,416
New Mexico	2019	78	26,691,250	342,195
New Mexico	2020	73	29,667,500	406,404
New Mexico	2021	70	24,311,250	347,303
New Mexico	2022	121	35,998,750	297,510
New York	2015	1,201	608,395,000	506,573
New York	2016	1,175	609,437,250	518,670
New York	2017	1,096	528,470,500	482,181
New York	2018	1,031	573,622,000	556,374
New York	2019	1,264	530,766,500	419,910
New York	2020	1,138	517,674,750	454,898
New York	2021	659	372,386,000	565,077
New York	2022	815	460,803,000	565,402
North Carolina	2015	105	37,420,050	356,381
North Carolina	2016	84	22,008,750	262,008
North Carolina	2017	98	32,521,500	331,852
North Carolina	2018	100	43,433,300	434,333
North Carolina	2019	98	49,788,750	508,048
North Carolina	2020	103	45,165,000	438,495
North Carolina	2021	80	35,726,250	446,578
North Carolina	2022	99	33,670,750	340,108
North Dakota	2015	8	2,720,000	340,000
North Dakota	2016	2	140,000	70,000
North Dakota	2017	8	2,762,500	345,312
North Dakota	2018	3	612,500	204,166
North Dakota	2019	6	3,490,000	581,666
North Dakota	2020	5	4,047,500	809,500
North Dakota	2021	8	2,627,000	328,375
North Dakota	2022	6	1,410,000	235,000
Ohio	2015	155	70,319,500	453,674
Ohio	2016	148	61,209,050	413,574
Ohio	2017	133	57,861,250	435,046
Ohio	2018	125	61,358,250	490,866
Ohio	2019	137	55,512,250	405,198
Ohio	2020	105	82,713,750	787,750
Ohio	2021	119	42,372,750	356,073
Ohio	2022	152	95,076,250	625,501
Oklahoma	2015	89	21,946,250	246,587
Oklahoma	2016	77	28,930,750	375,724
Oklahoma	2017	86	23,476,750	272,985
Oklahoma	2018	87	22,660,250	260,462
Oklahoma	2019	85	29,346,500	345,252
Oklahoma	2020	93	20,452,750	219,922
Oklahoma	2021	80	21,580,750	269,759
Oklahoma	2022	87	23,214,750	266,836
Oregon	2015	84	34,501,000	410,726
Oregon	2016	63	21,862,300	347,020
Oregon	2017	84	58,152,500	692,291
Oregon	2018	67	29,252,500	436,604
Oregon	2019	58	62,844,500	1,083,525
Oregon	2020	48	24,031,250	500,651
Oregon	2021	45	28,519,500	633,766
Oregon	2022	64	36,466,250	569,785
Pennsylvania	2015	648	292,393,000	451,223
Pennsylvania	2016	570	235,444,250	413,060
Pennsylvania	2017	656	271,190,750	413,400
Pennsylvania	2018	639	277,935,000	434,953
Pennsylvania	2019	591	315,468,000	533,786
Pennsylvania	2020	483	215,589,000	446,354
Pennsylvania	2021	455	187,915,250	413,000
Pennsylvania	2022	432	186,310,100	431,273
Rhode Island	2015	46	17,063,250	370,940
Rhode Island	2016	49	25,462,500	519,642
Rhode Island	2017	41	26,800,250	653,664
Rhode Island	2018	35	13,601,250	388,607
Rhode Island	2019	28	17,898,750	639,241
Rhode Island	2020	30	16,425,000	547,500
Rhode Island	2021	34	19,762,500	581,250
Rhode Island	2022	40	32,670,000	816,750
South Carolina	2015	102	35,720,750	350,203
South Carolina	2016	98	25,404,000	259,224
South Carolina	2017	108	27,587,500	255,439
South Carolina	2018	113	37,210,750	329,298
South Carolina	2019	137	48,321,000	352,708
South Carolina	2020	85	31,279,750	367,997
South Carolina	2021	94	37,542,500	399,388
South Carolina	2022	100	52,258,500	522,585
South Dakota	2015	21	8,147,500	387,976
South Dakota	2016	4	865,000	216,250
South Dakota	2017	9	1,726,000	191,777
South Dakota	2018	10	4,735,000	473,500
South Dakota	2019	15	17,870,000	1,191,333
South Dakota	2020	12	10,085,000	840,416
South Dakota	2021	6	2,232,500	372,083
South Dakota	2022	6	2,100,000	350,000
Tennessee	2015	93	30,140,250	324,088
Tennessee	2016	84	27,091,250	322,514
Tennessee	2017	105	31,005,300	295,288
Tennessee	2018	83	30,873,750	371,972
Tennessee	2019	91	34,426,250	378,310
Tennessee	2020	73	22,104,500	302,801
Tennessee	2021	75	23,902,500	318,700
Tennessee	2022	76	25,760,000	338,947
Texas	2015	352	60,730,300	172,529
Texas	2016	365	69,932,750	191,596
Texas	2017	400	98,094,500	245,236
Texas	2018	380	85,459,000	224,892
Texas	2019	372	98,140,250	263,817
Texas	2020	335	82,243,000	245,501
Texas	2021	344	76,059,000	221,101
Texas	2022	399	95,130,100	238,421
Utah	2015	66	11,942,250	180,943
Utah	2016	73	23,686,250	324,469
Utah	2017	56	23,983,750	428,281
Utah	2018	52	18,368,750	353,245
Utah	2019	51	15,665,000	307,156
Utah	2020	41	15,278,750	372,652
Utah	2021	37	12,605,000	340,675
Utah	2022	39	17,883,500	458,551
Vermont	2015	9	4,270,000	474,444
Vermont	2016	6	2,120,000	353,333
Vermont	2017	2	720,000	360,000
Vermont	2018	11	5,322,500	483,863
Vermont	2019	9	4,410,000	490,000
Vermont	2020	9	7,490,000	832,222
Vermont	2021	5	1,992,000	398,400
Vermont	2022	2	4,295,000	2,147,500
Virginia	2015	102	46,898,250	459,786
Virginia	2016	94	48,042,500	511,090
Virginia	2017	102	50,064,750	490,830
Virginia	2018	90	53,015,000	589,055
Virginia	2019	109	50,471,550	463,041
Virginia	2020	81	36,589,350	451,720
Virginia	2021	64	27,585,000	431,015
Virginia	2022	111	53,336,250	480,506
Washington	2015	121	38,934,000	321,768
Washington	2016	88	47,505,750	539,838
Washington	2017	102	48,466,000	475,156
Washington	2018	110	40,362,550	366,932
Washington	2019	100	47,516,750	475,167
Washington	2020	77	62,918,750	817,126
Washington	2021	92	57,212,750	621,877
Washington	2022	79	48,658,750	615,933
West Virginia	2015	98	36,277,250	370,176
West Virginia	2016	86	25,121,500	292,110
West Virginia	2017	87	29,522,500	339,339
West Virginia	2018	72	21,129,000	293,458
West Virginia	2019	47	20,154,500	428,819
West Virginia	2020	53	28,018,750	528,655
West Virginia	2021	55	18,750,050	340,910
West Virginia	2022	69	22,666,250	328,496
Wisconsin	2015	22	9,937,500	451,704
Wisconsin	2016	22	4,542,500	206,477
Wisconsin	2017	39	8,833,500	226,500
Wisconsin	2018	20	19,286,250	964,312
Wisconsin	2019	34	35,428,750	1,042,022
Wisconsin	2020	32	13,135,750	410,492
Wisconsin	2021	31	25,701,500	829,080
Wisconsin	2022	20	11,692,500	584,625
Wyoming	2015	11	5,917,500	537,954
Wyoming	2016	6	2,627,500	437,916
Wyoming	2017	11	3,600,000	327,272
Wyoming	2018	12	6,169,500	514,125
Wyoming	2019	4	2,310,000	577,500
Wyoming	2020	11	2,350,000	213,636
Wyoming	2021	4	9,495,000	2,373,750
Wyoming	2022	5	721,500	144,300
State	Year