Earl Ferguson
Plastic Surgery · San Antonio, TXNPI 1851371827
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (41.9%), gifts and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by TELA Bio, Inc. at 51.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,003 and has fallen 86.7% since, to $1,594 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in TX 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 235 payments — averaging $160.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$19K
- AbbVie$11K
- Next Science LLC$1K
- Merz North America, Inc.$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$721
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$565
- plus $4K from 31 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $342.30 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Davol Inc.$342
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,80042%
- Travel & lodging$9142%
- Food & beverage$9,57325%
- Gifts$10,80029%
- Other$6522%
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. | 48 | $19,228 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $11,211 |
| Next Science LLC | 17 | $1,286 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 9 | $1,094 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $721 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 5 | $565 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 36 | $419 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $380 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $357 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 4 | $348 |
| Misonix Inc | 10 | $295 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $201 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $186 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 3 | $154 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $147 |
| Almirall LLC | 6 | $132 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Incyte Corporation | 6 | $120 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $96 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 2 | $42 |
| Amgen | 2 | $36 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $27 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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)$15,702
- NATRELLE$10,800
- Ovitex$2,594
- XEOMIN$873
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$652
- SurgX$547
- Xperience$547
- BlastX$547
- OviTex 2S$329
- Phasix Mesh$320
- ASCLERA$256
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$215
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$215
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$215
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$215
- ECM Patch,Pouch$186
- Irrisept$176
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$143
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$125
- Zynrelef$125
How this compares
$37,739 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 337 plastic surgery providers in Texas.
Other plastic surgery in San Antonio
- Regina FearmontiSan Antonio$340K
- Martin JohnsonSan Antonio$65K
- Delio OrtegonSan Antonio$19K
- Younghoon ChoHouston$1.2M
- David AdelmanHouston$405K
- Rodney RohrichDallas$388K
- Warren EllsworthHouston$284K
- Camille CashHouston$212K
- Robert YarishHouston$180K
- Gerhard MundingerWest Lake Hills$166K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.