Charles Butler
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1184710162
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $204,994 of the $227,160 with a category attached, or 90.2%. TELA Bio, Inc. accounts for 79.1% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $166,444 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $45 in 2025. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 159 payments — averaging $1428.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$180K
- AbbVie$30K
- Davol Inc.$14K
- Biom'up France SAS$2K
- Axogen$266
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$263
- plus $773 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$204,99490%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0501%
- Travel & lodging$10,7575%
- Food & beverage$8,3594%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 83 | $179,699 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 36 | $29,663 |
| Davol Inc. | 19 | $14,384 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 2 | $2,113 |
| Axogen | 3 | $266 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $263 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $242 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $193 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $160 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $28 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$170,104
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$28,862
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$26,879
- Ovitex$8,656
- HemoBlast Bellows$2,113
- REVOLVE$581
- PHASIX$443
- STRATTICE$398
- ALLODERM$394
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$242
- Phasix Mesh$159
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$124
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$124
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$124
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$124
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$124
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$120
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$117
- TRUMATCH$117
- NATRELLE$113
How this compares
$227,160 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 378 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Texas.
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Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Houston
- Aldona SpiegelHouston$759K
- Michael KlebucHouston$204K
- Patrick GarveyHouston$117K
- Rukmini RednamHouston$113K
- Edward ChangHouston$111K
- Christi BlakkolbHouston$69K
- Justin BroylesHouston$48K
- Pablo PadillaHouston$46K
- Courtney El-ZokmHouston$29K
- John NguyenHouston$26K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.