Howard Langstein
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Rochester, NYNPI 1417986738
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $317,411 of the $350,257 with a category attached, or 90.6%. TELA Bio, Inc. accounts for 94.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $122,784 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $388 in 2025. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in NY 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 213 payments — averaging $1644.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$332K
- AbbVie$18K
- RTI Surgical, Inc$150
- Vioptix Inc$108
- Convatec Inc.$60
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$317,41191%
- Travel & lodging$24,9667%
- Food & beverage$7,8812%
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. | 190 | $332,316 |
| AbbVie | 20 | $17,624 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Vioptix Inc | 1 | $108 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $60 |
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
$350,257 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 219 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in New York.
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Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Rochester
- Clinton MorrisonRochester$5K
- Thomas DavenportGarden City$2.8M
- James BradleyNew Hyde Park$306K
- David FuntWoodmere$295K
- Robert GrantNew York$207K
- Christine RohdeNew York$180K
- Steven LevineNew York$108K
- Tara HustonStony Brook$95K
- Theodore DiktabanNew York$83K
- Jeffrey RidhaSaratoga Springs$50K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.