Physician profile

Michael Charles Smith

Surgery · Waco, TX

NPI 1306178538

$20,188.50

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

22 companies · $4,967 in 2025

The $4,967 reported for 2025 was more than what 90% of Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Travel and Lodging$4,722.39
Food and Beverage$937.15

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Intuitive Surgical, INC. $17,587.80 2019-2025 Da Vinci Surgical System
Medical Device Business Services, INC. $1,270.43 2019
Lexington Medical, INC. $274.79 2024 Aeon Endostapler & Echelon Flex Powered Stapler
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $180.98 2024-2025 Exparel
Integra Lifesciences Corporation $125.70 2021-2024 Integra, Integra Dermal Regeneration Template, Omnigraft
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $112.75 2019
Cook Medical LLC $86.33 2019
Tela Bio, INC. $76.61 2023-2024 Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex), Ovitex 2s
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., INC. $59.38 2023-2024 Gattex
Davol INC. $57.88 2019
Stryker Corporation $56.14 2023 Spy-Phi System
Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited $47.78 2021-2022
Jazz Pharmaceuticals INC. $45.39 2023-2024
Ethicon US, LLC $40.94 2025 Echelon Circular
Smith+Nephew, INC. $31.20 2019-2022
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $25.63 2025
Polynovo North America LLC $25.11 2025 Novosorb Btm
Hologic INC $24.99 2022
Acell, INC. $19.06 2019
Tactile Systems Technology INC $16.28 2024 Entre Plus, Flexitouch Plus
Medtronic, INC. $12.41 2021
Kci USA, INC. $10.92 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Michael Charles Smith

$20,188.50

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Intuitive Surgical, INC.
Context
The $4,967 reported for 2025 was more than what 90% of Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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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.