Eric Lai, MD
Plastic Surgery · Kansas City, KSNPI 1104082783
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 60 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,065, 2.6 times the $414 reported in 2019.
Across 60 payments — averaging $78.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sientra, Inc.$908
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$678
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$595
- Davol Inc.$512
- AbbVie$458
- RTI Surgical, Inc$259
- plus $1K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,66099%
- Education$261%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sientra, Inc. | 10 | $908 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 11 | $678 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 5 | $595 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $512 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $458 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 2 | $259 |
| Tepha Inc | 1 | $254 |
| Mesh Suture Inc | 1 | $194 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $167 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $166 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| Biocircuit Technologies Inc | 1 | $158 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $156 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $20 |
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.
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$814
- Phasix Mesh$327
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$259
- GalaFLEX$254
- Duramesh$194
- ARISTA$159
- Nerve Tape$158
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$149
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$138
- Ovitex$122
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$115
- MENTOR CPX 2 Breast Tissue Expander$101
How this compares
$4,686 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 42 plastic surgery providers in Kansas.
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 Kansas City
- Levi YoungKansas City$8K
- Richard KorentagerKansas City$7K
- James ButterworthKansas City$7K
- Matthew MillerKansas City$5K
- Julia SlaterKansas City$3K
- Eric ForneyKansas City$2K
- Dhaval BhavsarKansas City$2K
- Sydney BormannKansas City$2K
- Connor MillerKansas City$1K
- Julian Diaz AbeleKansas City$501
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.