Physician profile

Michael C Friedle

Surgery · Sherman, TX

NPI 1730471749

$12,863.91

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

16 companies · $121 in 2025

The $121 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Surgery provider 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)
Food and Beverage$332.57
Travel and Lodging$37.00

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. $10,046.24 2019-2025 Da Vinci Surgical System
Tela Bio, INC. $2,064.56 2020-2025 Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex)
Davol INC. $299.96 2020-2023 Arista Ah Flexitip
Mimedx Group, INC. $135.55 2024-2025
Medtronic, INC. $88.23 2021-2023 Dextile
Allergan, INC. $50.99 2022
Innovation Technologies INC $34.00 2022
Baxter Healthcare $27.47 2022
Integra Lifesciences Corporation $18.57 2024 Integra, Integra Dermal Regeneration Template, Primatrix
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, INC. $17.50 2021
Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited $17.12 2022
Covidien LP $16.26 2019
Kci USA, INC. $15.56 2019
Merit Medical Systems INC $14.66 2020
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation INC. $13.45 2023
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Reprise Biomedical, INC. $3.79 2020

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 C Friedle

$12,863.91

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Intuitive Surgical, INC.
Context
The $121 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Surgery provider 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.