Andrew Gassman, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · San Antonio, TXNPI 1932363157
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 21 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mentor Worldwide LLC at 37.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $820 and has fallen 80.8% since, to $158 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $2,813.
Across 21 payments — averaging $85.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$672
- TELA Bio, Inc.$618
- Acumed LLC$142
- Olympus America Inc.$102
- Innovation Technologies Inc$92
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$91
- plus $82 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,798100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 8 | $672 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 5 | $618 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $142 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $92 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $33 |
| Somavac Medical Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$1,798 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 378 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Texas.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 12 | $61 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in San Antonio
- Oriana Haran-AnschelSan Antonio$17K
- Minas ChrysopouloSan Antonio$12K
- Aldona SpiegelHouston$759K
- Charles ButlerHouston$227K
- Michael KlebucHouston$204K
- Joshua LemmonRichardson$118K
- Patrick GarveyHouston$117K
- Rukmini RednamHouston$113K
- Edward ChangHouston$111K
- Alina SholarAustin$110K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.