Sara Friedman
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1649318569
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,548 of the $4,918 with a category attached, or 72.1%. Modernatx, Inc. accounts for 95.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $3,025, more than ten times the $169 reported in 2019. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in NM 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 33 payments — averaging $149.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$5K
- Merck$98
- AbbVie$66
- Minerva Surgical, Inc$20
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$20
- Bayer$15
- plus $11 from 1 others
Across 928 payments — averaging $3738.12 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Modernatx, Inc.$1.9M
- Vertex$543K
- AstraZeneca$251K
- Pfizer$215K
- Bavarian Nordic A/s$187K
- Merck$123K
- plus $207K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,54872%
- Food & beverage$1,37028%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 20 | $4,689 |
| Merck | 5 | $98 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $66 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$4,918 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 181 obstetrics & gynecology providers in New Mexico.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Albuquerque
- James WurzelAlbuquerque$29K
- Victoria GarciaAlbuquerque$11K
- Mario Pardo-FriedmanAlbuquerque$9K
- Tieneka BakerAlbuquerque$8K
- Salam ChalouhiAlbuquerque$3K
- Asit BhattAlbuquerque$3K
- Valerie RappaportAlbuquerque$3K
- Valeria Contreras-CrowleyAlbuquerque$3K
- Rachel MooreAlbuquerque$2K
- Patricia BlackAlbuquerque$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.