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

JOSEPH STEWART FRIEDBERG

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1881634137
CMS profile
357443
Location
PHILADELPHIA, PA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$17,756.45

  • Reported across 30 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$10,608.51

21 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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Education $8,500.00 5
Travel and Lodging $1,874.01 11
Food and Beverage $234.50 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $10,476.10 19
ABIOMED $132.41 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $5,947.94 8
PY2020 $1,200.00 1
PY2024 $10,608.51 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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

Program year 2024 20182020 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABIOMED $74.75 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142269174 CMS
ABIOMED $57.66 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142269194 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.00 02/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137165972 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137177848 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137229469 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $568.33 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137256075 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $440.10 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137280502 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $156.38 02/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137125675 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $29.68 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137262939 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $262.10 11/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137155707 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 11/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137175055 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 11/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137086525 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $25.00 11/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137070840 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $340.10 11/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137083115 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $2,500.00 11/19/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137176217 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 11/26/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137234520 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $29.43 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137152103 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 12/06/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137207459 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 12/09/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137212071 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $42.98 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137269248 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 12/17/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137231998 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, 2020, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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