Physician profile

Matthew Applebaum

Plastic Surgery · Gastonia, NC

NPI 1073044178

$5,267.41

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

19 companies · $3,883 in 2025

The $3,883 reported for 2025 was more than what 91% of Plastic Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $380).

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)
Travel and Lodging$2,518.21
Food and Beverage$2,484.05

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
Mentor Worldwide LLC $3,667.77 2023-2025 Mentor Memorygel Resterilizable Gel Sizer, Mentor Cpx 2 Breast Tissue Expander
Abbvie INC. $559.49 2023-2025 Natrelle Saline-Filled Breast Implants
Integra Lifesciences Corporation $160.17 2022-2024 Integra, Surgimend, Omnigraft
Tela Bio, INC. $143.63 2023 Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex)
Innovation Technologies INC $128.54 2022-2024 Irrisept
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation INC. $110.24 2025
Medtronic, INC. $82.57 2021
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $51.23 2025 Matrixmandible, Matrixwave
Axogen $51.10 2025
Janssen Biotech, INC. $47.41 2023-2024 Tremfya
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries INC. $45.53 2024
Organogenesis INC. $45.50 2025 Cygnus Dual, Via Matrix
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $36.04 2024-2025 Spevigo
Lilly USA, LLC $31.95 2024 Olumiant, Taltz
Convatec INC. $26.29 2025
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Heron Therapeutics, INC. $24.38 2023 Aponvie
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC $20.62 2024 Idacio
Stryker Corporation $18.95 2024 1788
Medical Device Business Services, INC. $16.00 2025 Mentor Memorygel Resterilizable Gel Sizer

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

Matthew Applebaum

$5,267.41

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2021-2025
Top company
Mentor Worldwide LLC
Context
The $3,883 reported for 2025 was more than what 91% 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.