Charles Fryberger, MD
Sports Medicine · Fayetteville, GANPI 1487008850
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $25,984 of the $35,794 with a category attached, or 72.6%. Arthrex accounts for 66.2% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $26,861 and has fallen 93.6% since, to $1,715 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 61 payments — averaging $586.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$24K
- Smith+Nephew$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- DJO, LLC$3K
- United Orthopedics LLC$988
- Stryker$667
- plus $715 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$25,98473%
- Travel & lodging$2,9088%
- Food & beverage$2,0356%
- Education$4,86714%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 28 | $23,685 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $3,755 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $3,484 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $2,500 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 4 | $988 |
| Stryker | 8 | $667 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $152 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $151 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 1 | $68 |
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.
How this compares
$35,794 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 168 sports medicine providers in Georgia.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 32 | $1,143 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 78 | $683 |
| Meloxicam | 131 | $615 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 61 | $553 |
| Gabapentin | 42 | $346 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $199 |
| Methocarbamol | 30 | $190 |
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $125 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 51 | $124 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Fayetteville
- John XerogeanesAtlanta$4M
- Joseph BurnsAlpharetta$376K
- Sameh LabibBrookhaven$280K
- Spero KarasAtlanta$137K
- Xavier DuraldeAtlanta$77K
- Thomas MyersAtlanta$72K
- Robert O'ConnellCarrollton$69K
- Elan GolanSnellville$57K
- Taylor PolanderJesup$48K
- Anthony CantrellCanton$47K
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.