Dr. Michael Chad Bridges , DO
Orthopaedic Surgery β’ Houston, TX
6411 Fannin St
Houston, TX 770301501
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Dr. Michael Bridges is listed in NPPES under Orthopaedic Surgery.
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NPI assigned on June 15, 2021; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 72 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Oxycodone Hcl β 21 prescription fills, including refills.
- Ondansetron Odt (Ondansetron) β 19 prescription fills, including refills.
- Tramadol Hcl β 16 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 4 records in the table Β· Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Part D prescriptions than 80% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Houston, TX (2024, 110 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 302. Middle half: 110 to 708.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 80% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Texas (2024, 928 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 324. Middle half: 137 to 652.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
6411 Fannin St
Houston, TX 770301501
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Orthopaedic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
30-day fills
72 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$349 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $3,509.24 across 36 records.
By nature of payment
- Travel and Lodging: $1,504.95 across 5 records.
- Food and Beverage: $1,458.40 across 30 records.
- Education: $545.89 across 1 record.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 8)
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.: $2,006.03 across 11 records.
- Medtronic, Inc.: $703.46 across 10 records.
- Stryker Corporation: $293.44 across 5 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
NPI first issued
2021
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Compared with the same specialty in Houston and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 80% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Houston, TX (2024, 110 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 302. Middle half: 110 to 708.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 80% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Texas (2024, 928 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 324. Middle half: 137 to 652.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Houston, TX (2024, 110 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,020. Middle half: $729 to $7,055.
A lower Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Texas (2024, 928 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,682. Middle half: $992 to $6,723.
193 active clinicians are listed under Orthopaedic Surgery with a practice address in Houston, TX (1,515 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Houston
6.7% of these 193 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
64.8% of these 193 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
CMS data for Part D prescriptions are available for 2024 only.
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30-day fills
CMS data for 30-day fills are available for 2024 only.
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Part D drug cost
CMS data for Part D drug cost are available for 2024 only.
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $358.26 in 2021 to $3,509.24 in 2025.
- 2021: $358.26
- 2022: $1,833.48
- 2023: $1,013.98
- 2024: $1,901.96
- 2025: $3,509.24
Sources: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 β December 31, 2025): 36 records totaling $3,509.24.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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NorthStar | General | $641.95 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Education
In-kind items and services
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MAZOR X SYSTEM | General | $545.89 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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NorthStar | General | $543.92 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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NorthStar | General | $273.19 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Mariner MIS | General | $183.51 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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SIMPLIFY CERVICAL ARTIFICIAL DISC | General | $174.42 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VARIAX | General | $165.66 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Mariner | General | $154.41 |
| VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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JOURNAVX | General | $121.84 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NA | General | $63.43 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Mariner | General | $61.05 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM | General | $54.77 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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AUGMENT INJECTABLE | General | $53.72 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Mariner | General | $49.65 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VA-LCP | General | $45.30 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Mariner | General | $42.08 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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PANGEA | General | $32.06 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Persona | General | $29.16 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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REAL INTELLIGENCE | General | $26.65 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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CORE | General | $24.32 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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NorthStar | General | $23.22 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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NorthStar | General | $22.67 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM | General | $19.25 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NA | General | $17.93 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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MAKO | General | $17.68 |
(top 25 shown)
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | 111 | $59.54 | 20 |
| Ondansetron Odt | Ondansetron | 19 | 104 | $244.61 | 19 |
| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 16 | 88 | $17.11 | 16 |
| Methocarbamol | Methocarbamol | 16 | 80 | $28.01 | 16 |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2026-06-14NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Physician Assistant
MMSC, Physician Assistant (Certified)
Anesthesiology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Anesthesiologist Assistant
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Bachelor of Science
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 6411 FANNIN ST, HOUSTON, TX 770301501 (Tel: 7137044000)
Registered at 6411 FANNIN ST, HOUSTON, TX 770301501 (Tel: 7137044000)
Orthopaedic Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: TX W6588)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 28050 GRAND RIVER AVE, FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 483365919 (Tel: 9475212515)
Registered at 28050 GRAND RIVER AVE, FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 483365919 (Tel: 9475212515)
Recorded as MICHAEL BRIDGES, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: MI 5151015192)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Orthopaedic Surgery Specialists in Houston
- Dr. James Bennett, MD
- Dr. Kwan Park, MD
- Dr. Karim Shafi, MD
- Dr. Alysia Kemp, MD
- Dr. Omar Atassi, MD
- Dr. Alfred Mansour, MD
Mailing Address
6411 Fannin St
Houston, TX 770301501
Phone: 7137044000