Physician profile

Karol Gutowski

Plastic Surgery · Glenview, IL

NPI 1134198799

$53,062.40

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

20 companies · $9,507 in 2025

The $9,507 reported for 2025 was more than what 95% of Plastic Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $380).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Consulting Fee$9,000.00
Food and Beverage$711.39
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$201.90

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Merz North America, INC. $37,210.75 2019-2023 Xeomin
Integra Lifesciences Corporation $9,011.03 2025 Integra, Omnigraft, Surgimend
Surgical Innovation Associates, INC. $2,586.82 2022
Abbvie INC. $2,348.19 2022-2025
Covidien LP $420.00 2019
Allergan, INC. $377.28 2019-2022
C. R. Bard, INC. & Subsidiaries $226.66 2021
Bard Peripheral Vascular, INC. $144.19 2021
Kerecis Limited $137.96 2025 Kerecis Surgiclose, Kerecis Graftguide
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $130.64 2025
Tela Bio, INC. $106.76 2024 Ovitex 2s
Rti Surgical, INC $83.33 2024
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $57.11 2019-2023
Medtronic, INC. $50.00 2021
Sientra, INC. $44.29 2022
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Mentor Worldwide LLC $28.12 2021-2024 Mentor Memorygel Resterilizable Gel Sizer
Heron Therapeutics, INC. $26.17 2022
Motiva USA, LLC $25.55 2025
Boston Scientific Corporation $24.08 2020
Tepha INC $23.47 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Karol Gutowski

$53,062.40

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Merz North America, INC.
Context
The $9,507 reported for 2025 was more than what 95% of Plastic Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $380).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.