Paul Frydenlund
Surgery · North Kansas City, MONPI 1912327644
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $11,000 of the $14,772 with a category attached, or 74.5%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 93.9% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $11,119 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $243 in 2025.
Across 47 payments — averaging $314.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$14K
- Davol Inc.$231
- TELA Bio, Inc.$159
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$112
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$66
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$53
- plus $275 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,53917%
- Food & beverage$1,2198%
- Education$11,00074%
- Gifts$140%
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 | 19 | $13,876 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $231 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 3 | $159 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $112 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $53 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $50 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $49 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $22 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$12,731
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Phasix Mesh$158
- OviTex 2S$100
How this compares
$14,772 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 612 surgery providers in Missouri.
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 surgery in North Kansas City
- James ScottSaint Louis$307K
- Omar GuerraSaint Louis$249K
- John TannColumbia$216K
- Mark DrakeSaint Louis$212K
- Adeel KhanSaint Louis$204K
- Michael AwadSaint Louis$176K
- Patricia HodginsFenton$145K
- Laurie PunchSaint Louis$141K
- Jeffrey BlatnikSaint Louis$134K
- Bradley MooreKansas City$110K
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.