Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

MICHAEL OBRIEN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1851380968
CMS profile
174381
Location
FREDERICKSBURG, VA

General Payments · PY2018–2021

$903.83

  • Reported across 25 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2021

$176.97

6 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $176.97 6

By paying entity

PY2021 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. $118.16 3
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $47.00 2
Avanos Medical $11.81 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $121.25 7
PY2019 $75.44 4
PY2020 $530.17 8
PY2021 $176.97 6

Payment records · PY2021 (6)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2021 201820192020 Record-level detail is published for PY2021; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Avanos Medical $11.81 06/08/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 846459351 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $13.37 04/19/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 849477593 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $33.63 12/01/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 849477589 CMS
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. $28.06 06/14/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 838742013 CMS
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. $72.53 08/03/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 838742015 CMS
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. $17.57 10/19/2021 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 838742011 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2021_P01232026_01102026.csv

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