Christi Kobald
Surgical · Frisco, TXNPI 1063559607
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.2% of the total across 199 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among surgical clinicians in TX 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 199 payments — averaging $21.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$556
- Biogen$482
- Pfizer$378
- Novartis$291
- SK Life Science, Inc.$271
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$233
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,18498%
- Education$772%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 29 | $556 |
| Biogen | 22 | $482 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $378 |
| Novartis | 15 | $291 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 12 | $271 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $233 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 9 | $199 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 8 | $190 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 8 | $182 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 4 | $174 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 8 | $157 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $127 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $103 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $98 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $66 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $39 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $18 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$4,261 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 804 surgical providers in Texas.
Other surgical in Frisco
- Courtney DunavantAustin$389K
- Krista GranthamSan Antonio$187K
- Gerald BuchertBellaire$148K
- Gilberto SaenzGeorgetown$70K
- Andrea McNielHumble$48K
- Marilyn ShookHouston$46K
- Henry KinnebrewAustin$40K
- Josephine KarlDallas$18K
- Sarah IragorriAustin$18K
- Lonnie GinnDallas$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.