NAICS 423450 medical equipment wholesalers: 1.5 million awards

A catalog of 1.5 million wholesale actions

One million five hundred twenty-seven thousand one hundred six awards against $5,699,354,370.91 produces a mean of about $3,732. No other code in this 40-packet slice comes close to that award volume. Service-establishment equipment wholesalers (423850) show 296,722 awards; medicinal manufacturing (325411) shows 293,920. NAICS 423450 is in another volume class: many small medical-supply deliveries tagged to merchant wholesalers.

Merchant wholesalers distribute medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies they did not necessarily manufacture. Surgical and medical instrument manufacturing (339112) is a maker code. General medical and surgical hospitals (622110) is a hospital-services code. This $5.7 billion is the wholesale tag only.

This page reports public contract aggregates. It does not recommend devices or interpret clinical use. The only numbers in scope are the obligation total and the award count.

Medical wholesale (423450) is a high-volume supply tag: 1,527,106 awards at $5,699,354,370.91, about $3,732 per award. Service-establishment wholesale (423450’s neighbor 423850) and medicinal manufacturing (325411) are different classes with their own hubs. NAICS 423450 is a catalog of small medical-supply deliveries tagged to merchant wholesalers.

Small-ticket obligations

Short wholesale deliveries often obligate and pay close together. Blanket purchase agreements can still leave unused obligated balances. The $5.7 billion is the commitment total, not a statement that every glove or device is paid.

The 1,527,106-award count is not a unit count of syringes or beds. USAspending’s award grouping determines how delivery orders roll up. Dividing dollars by awards is not a catalog price.

Wholesale versus hospitals and manufacturers

Hospital NAICS 622110 measures hospital services. Instrument manufacturing NAICS 339112 measures makers. Medicinal manufacturing NAICS 325411 measures another goods class. None of those totals is inside $5,699,354,370.91.

Assistance that funds clinic supplies at non-federal recipients often lacks NAICS and does not enter this industry figure.

Hospital services (622110) and surgical instrument manufacturing (339112) are different questions. Distributing a device, making a device, and providing hospital care are three tagged activities. This $5.7 billion is wholesale only. The page reports public spending tags and does not recommend devices.

How to use the 423450 hub

Lead with volume: 1,527,106 awards, $5.7 billion, about $3,732 mean. Compare wholesale codes on the all-industries index by award count first. Open the medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers industry page with the expectation of a long table.

This guide does not add SKU lists because they are not in the facts object.

Limits of a million-row tag

Officers can buy the same bandage through 423450 or through a manufacturing or hospital code. SpendingVault reports the tagged wholesale sum, not a reconstructed medical-supply catalog for every federal clinic.

Extract updates on a high-volume code will move $5,699,354,370.91 and 1,527,106 through many small revisions.

How to read a million-row wholesale table

Lead with volume. Rank 423450 by award count first on the all-industries index, then by dollars. The industry page will be long; filter there rather than treating $5.7 billion as a single purchase. The mean of about $3,732 is not a device list price.

Cite USAspending.gov contract awards. Assistance that funds clinic supplies at non-federal recipients often lacks NAICS and stays outside. Extract updates on a high-volume code often arrive as many small revisions. SpendingVault follows the source. Obligations remain distinct from outlays on unused blanket-purchase balances.

Medical wholesale at $5,699,354,370.91 on 1,527,106 awards is a catalog of small deliveries. The mean of about $3,732 is not a device list price. Hospital services and surgical-instrument manufacturing are different classes. This page is not clinical advice.

Rank NAICS 423450 by award count as well as dollars. The industry table will be long; filter there rather than treating $5.7 billion as a single purchase. Cite USAspending.gov. Assistance that funds clinic supplies at non-federal recipients often lacks NAICS. Blanket-purchase balances can remain obligated after some deliveries are paid.

One million five hundred twenty-seven thousand one hundred six wholesale awards at $5,699,354,370.91 are the volume fact on NAICS 423450. Hospital services and instrument manufacturing are other classes. $3,732 is an award-size mean, not a device price. This page is not clinical advice. Filter the long industry table. Cite USAspending.gov. Clinic-supply grants often omit NAICS.

Questions

How many awards are tagged NAICS 423450?

USAspending contract records indexed here show 1,527,106 awards under medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers, totaling $5,699,354,370.91 in obligations. That is the highest award count in this industry batch. The count is not a unit count of supplies. Award rows are on the industry page.

What is the average 423450 award?

Dividing $5,699,354,370.91 by 1,527,106 awards yields about $3,732. That low mean reflects many modest wholesale deliveries. It is not a device list price. The packet does not publish a median or a SKU count. Inspect the industry table rather than treating $3,732 as a catalog price; the packet has no SKU or unit count.

Is this the same as hospital spending?

No. General medical and surgical hospitals are NAICS 622110. NAICS 423450 is merchant wholesale of medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies. The $5.7 billion here does not include 622110 dollars. Use each industry page for its tagged total. Use the 622110 hub for hospital-service dollars and this hub for the medical-wholesale tag.

Does wholesale mean the government made these devices?

No. Merchant wholesalers distribute goods. Surgical and medical instrument manufacturing is NAICS 339112. This $5.7 billion is the 423450 wholesale tag on contract awards. Assistance without NAICS is excluded. This page is not clinical advice. Use the 339112 hub for instrument manufacturing; this page is merchant wholesale and is not clinical advice.