Charles Eichler, MD
Surgery · San Francisco, CANPI 1265498729
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 43.7% of the total. Among surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 468 payments — averaging $661.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$135K
- Globus Medical$60K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$51K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$43K
- Boston Scientific$13K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$6K
- plus $676 from 5 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $5523.05 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$73,65524%
- Speaking & faculty fees$177,82757%
- Travel & lodging$49,34016%
- Food & beverage$8,8023%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 142 | $135,401 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 76 | $59,763 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 144 | $51,194 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 65 | $43,405 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $12,828 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 20 | $6,358 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $302 |
| Abbott | 4 | $180 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $137 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $27 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$74,937
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$72,602
- ALIF$51,859
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$38,916
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$21,660
- DIVERGENCE-L$20,128
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$19,250
- DIVERGENCE-L ANTERIOR/OBLIQUE LUMBAR FUSION SYSTEM$13,880
- EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$12,320
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$9,647
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$9,518
- CLYDESDALE PTC SPINAL SYSTEM$7,589
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$5,546
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$3,971
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$3,971
- Vascular Lithotripsy$3,864
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$2,200
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$1,688
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,493
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,113
How this compares
$309,624 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,363 surgery providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other surgery in San Francisco
- Timothy ChuterSan Francisco$8.8M
- Shane BurchSan Francisco$500K
- Michael AlvaradoSan Francisco$201K
- Scott HansenSan Francisco$186K
- Santiago HorganSan Diego$2.8M
- Rock LiuHayward$1.6M
- David LouriePasadena$1.4M
- Andrea PakulaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Siew-Ming LeeFresno$1.3M
- Beemen KhalilPalo Alto$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.