Eric Emerson, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Gastonia, NCNPI 1134111289
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,059 of the $2,309 with a category attached, or 89.2%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mentor Worldwide LLC at 41.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $887 and has fallen 70.9% since, to $258 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $2,773.
Across 69 payments — averaging $33.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$952
- AbbVie$564
- Sientra, Inc.$382
- Access Pro Medical, LLC$90
- TELA Bio, Inc.$73
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$54
- plus $194 from 9 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $1017.00 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.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$3K
- Sientra, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$25011%
- Food & beverage$2,05989%
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 | 20 | $952 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 27 | $564 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 3 | $382 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $90 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $73 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $31 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $12 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 55 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluorouracil | 78 | $6,117 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 92 | $642 |
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 18 | $499 |
| Ketoconazole | 15 | $291 |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | 15 | $234 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 12 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Gastonia
- Walter CaulfieldGastonia$98
- Jeffrey MarcusDurham$3.3M
- Anuja AntonyCary$326K
- Peter ArnoldGreensboro$206K
- Joseph HunstadCharlotte$144K
- Charles HultmanRaleigh$70K
- Charles KaysWilmington$69K
- Brian CoanCary$41K
- Benjamin WoodRaleigh$23K
- Mark MorganWilmington$23K
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.