Freddie Combs, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Costa Mesa, CANPI 1215130976
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $3,510 of the $3,568 with a category attached, or 98.4%. Merit Medical Systems Inc accounts for 98.4% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,739 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $14 in 2023. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in CA 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 11 payments — averaging $324.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$4K
- Axogen$29
- Hologic Inc$14
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$14
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,51098%
- Food & beverage$582%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 8 | $3,510 |
| Axogen | 1 | $29 |
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Savi SCOUT$1,080
How this compares
$3,568 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,537 diagnostic radiology 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 diagnostic radiology in Costa Mesa
- Murray ReicherSan Diego$10.5M
- Agnes SantosaSan Diego$884K
- Robert SuhLos Angeles$758K
- Jonathan ChungSan Diego$747K
- Gary UlanerLos Angeles$687K
- Garry GoldStanford$528K
- Michael TrambertSanta Barbara$499K
- Michael DakeStanford$492K
- Ira SmalbergSanta Monica$451K
- Yingbing WangSan Francisco$403K
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.