James Harper
Plastic Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1396866273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 84.9% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $29,992, more than ten times the $612 reported in 2019. Among plastic surgery clinicians in NC 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 226 payments — averaging $183.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$35K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$3K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$1K
- RTI Surgical, Inc$422
- Sientra, Inc.$362
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$334
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,74852%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,6006%
- Travel & lodging$7,76219%
- Food & beverage$9,43723%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 152 | $35,291 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 14 | $3,022 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 11 | $1,022 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 3 | $422 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 4 | $362 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 9 | $334 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $223 |
| Tepha Inc | 4 | $157 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $75 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Axogen | 1 | $68 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $68 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $62 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $31 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 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.
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$20,981
- REVOLVE$12,479
- ALLODERM$8,246
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$8,246
- BOTOX$999
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$755
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$202
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$151
- FORTIVA PORCINE DERMIS$136
- PREVENA$123
- VAC VERAFLO$123
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$122
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$110
- SURGIMEND$104
- BOTOX COSMETIC$103
How this compares
$41,547 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 128 plastic surgery providers in North Carolina.
Other plastic surgery in Charlotte
- Nicholas ClavinCharlotte$562K
- Theodore NyameCharlotte$364K
- Jack ScheuerCharlotte$36K
- David FisherCharlotte$31K
- Ashley ChandlerCharlotte$14K
- Blair WormerCharlotte$14K
- Edward TengCharlotte$13K
- James AppelCharlotte$9K
- Jean Francois LefaivreCharlotte$4K
- Melissa MarksCharlotte$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.