Michael Vrla, MD
Sports Medicine · Boston, MANPI 1598119679
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (49.1%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Evolution Surgical, Inc at 34.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,195 and has fallen 78.8% since, to $1,947 in 2024.
Across 71 payments — averaging $240.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Evolution Surgical, Inc$6K
- Arthrex$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Kairos Surgical Inc$2K
- Stryker$327
- Johnson & Johnson$139
- plus $20 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,98417%
- Travel & lodging$3,45620%
- Food & beverage$2,26313%
- Education$8,40049%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Evolution Surgical, Inc | 16 | $5,843 |
| Arthrex | 43 | $5,359 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $2,984 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 4 | $2,432 |
| Stryker | 4 | $327 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $139 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $20 |
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
$17,103 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 138 sports medicine providers in Massachusetts.
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 sports medicine in Boston
- Elizabeth MatzkinBoston$182K
- Xinning LiBoston$109K
- Miho TanakaBoston$89K
- Giovanna Ignacio Subira MedinaBoston$55K
- Elise BixbyBoston$53K
- Yi Meng YenBoston$52K
- James SatalichBoston$46K
- Evan OdonnellBoston$39K
- Ian HutchinsonBoston$39K
- Thomas HolovacsBoston$28K
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.