Christina Frieh, PA
Surgical · Phoenix, AZNPI 1932687498
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Smith+Nephew accounts for 62.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,948, more than ten times the $59 reported in 2021. Among surgical clinicians in AZ 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 39 payments — averaging $92.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Stryker$436
- Abbott$377
- Medtronic$254
- Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.$120
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$84
- plus $70 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,63145%
- Food & beverage$1,96455%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 8 | $2,254 |
| Stryker | 9 | $436 |
| Abbott | 3 | $377 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $254 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 11 | $84 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $54 |
| My01 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.
- SMART TSF$1,239
- SPATIAL FRAME$1,239
- Taylor Spatial Frame$970
- PROCLAIM$341
- MAKO$150
- EVOS$121
- OGSIVEO$120
- CLYDESDALE PTC SPINAL SYSTEM$102
How this compares
$3,595 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 271 surgical providers in Arizona.
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 | 41 | $1,045 |
| Gabapentin | 81 | $575 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $388 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 41 | $341 |
| Pregabalin | 30 | $323 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 43 | $256 |
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $189 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Phoenix
- Karla FrickPhoenix$38K
- Christina CudzewiczPhoenix$7K
- Sarah MullerPhoenix$6K
- Britni FergusonPhoenix$6K
- Tyler KnudsenPhoenix$5K
- Anna LyonsPhoenix$4K
- Margaret HuntPhoenix$3K
- Richard BassettPhoenix$3K
- Lisa ReinertsonPhoenix$3K
- Emerald LassiterPhoenix$3K
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.