Eric Friedman, MD
Neurological Surgery · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1932198280
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 56 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 92.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $385 and has fallen 73.7% since, to $101 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in OK, where the typical reported total is $1,952.
Across 56 payments — averaging $21.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$30
- Novocure Inc.$24
- Baxter Healthcare$21
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$13
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,183100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 52 | $1,095 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $30 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$121
- ACTIVA$110
How this compares
$1,183 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 80 neurological surgery providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Oklahoma City
- Brian SnellOklahoma City$3.7M
- Fadi NasrOklahoma City$1.6M
- Robert TibbsOklahoma City$537K
- Michael HahnOklahoma City$267K
- Isaac KarikariOklahoma City$137K
- Joseph CoxOklahoma City$123K
- Hakeem ShakirOklahoma City$63K
- Robert WieneckeOklahoma City$40K
- Muhammad JanjuaOklahoma City$33K
- Caple SpenceOklahoma City$31K
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.