Michael Pendola, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Dallas, TXNPI 1932279577
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $15,013 of the $20,969 with a category attached, or 71.6%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 72.2% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,129 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $473 in 2025.
Across 307 payments — averaging $68.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$15K
- AbbVie$2K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$955
- THD America, Inc.$444
- Merck$390
- Stryker$214
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,93628%
- Education$15,01372%
- Gifts$210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $15,132 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 124 | $2,280 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 42 | $955 |
| THD America, Inc. | 7 | $444 |
| Merck | 27 | $390 |
| Stryker | 4 | $214 |
| Organon | 12 | $160 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $146 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $130 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $114 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $82 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 5 | $80 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 5 | $75 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 5 | $73 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Acell, Inc. | 5 | $66 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $55 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $13 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $4 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$15,000
- PINPOINT$140
- SPY TECHNOLOGY$140
- ENSEAL Product Family$112
- Echelon Powered Circular$112
How this compares
$20,969 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 200 colon & rectal surgery providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mesalamine | 12 | $13,531 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 25 | $1,042 |
| Azathioprine | 13 | $413 |
| Sulfasalazine | 11 | $399 |
| Hydrocortisone | 13 | $238 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $201 |
| Procto-Med HcHydrocortisone | 11 | $175 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 17 | $153 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Dallas
- Robert JacobsonDallas$125K
- Katerina WellsDallas$83K
- Anand LodhaDallas$40K
- Roberto Rodriguez-RuesgaDallas$38K
- Anthony MacalusoDallas$20K
- Sarah StringfieldDallas$19K
- Zachary RobertsDallas$17K
- Edward FrankoDallas$13K
- Lai XueDallas$13K
- Nathaniel NgDallas$12K
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.