Aron Wahrman, MD
Plastic Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1134141112
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $63,064 of the $81,838 with a category attached, or 77.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by DSM Biomedical at 57.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $31,535 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $1,400 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 58 payments — averaging $1411.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- DSM Biomedical$47K
- Smith+Nephew$16K
- Davol Inc.$12K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$6K
- BD$450
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$297
- plus $698 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$63,06477%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,66718%
- Travel & lodging$2,1643%
- Food & beverage$1,9432%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DSM Biomedical | 7 | $46,814 |
| Smith+Nephew | 20 | $16,388 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $11,680 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 9 | $5,511 |
| BD | 1 | $450 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 2 | $297 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $272 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 5 | $201 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Paladin Technology Solutions | 1 | $26 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- XCM BIOLOGIC$17,139
- Meso Wound Matrix$16,250
- RENASYS TOUCH$16,069
- XCM Biologic Tissue Matrix$11,050
- Meso BioMatrix Acellular Peritoneum Matrix$10,500
- PHASIX$5,697
- Ovitex$4,482
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$912
- Surgiphor$750
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$398
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$272
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$272
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$139
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$139
- SkinTE$101
How this compares
$81,838 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 196 plastic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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.
Other plastic surgery in Philadelphia
- John FischerPhiladelphia$3.3M
- Suhail KanchwalaPhiladelphia$1.4M
- Stephen KovachPhiladelphia$825K
- Ivona PercecPhiladelphia$534K
- Evan KatzelPhiladelphia$338K
- Paul GlatPhiladelphia$325K
- Shaun MendenhallPhiladelphia$173K
- Paris ButlerPhiladelphia$101K
- Jordan SwansonPhiladelphia$99K
- Scott BartlettPhiladelphia$45K
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.