Jesse Smith, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Knoxville, TNNPI 1124431275
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.8% of the total across 93 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 39.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,672 and has fallen 91.8% since, to $138 in 2025.
Across 93 payments — averaging $54.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$1K
- Stryker$359
- Merz North America, Inc.$329
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$301
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$295
- plus $407 from 8 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $1291.56 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.
- Merz North America, Inc.$5K
- Techmah CMF, LLC$2K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4629%
- Food & beverage$4,57991%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 37 | $2,007 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 27 | $1,344 |
| Stryker | 6 | $359 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 4 | $329 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $301 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $295 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $124 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $91 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Axogen | 1 | $39 |
| Riggs Hospital Supplies, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $22 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 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$1,015
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$640
- CellerateRx$295
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$212
- INSTRUMENTS-GENERAL SURGERY$146
- MENTOR MemoryShape Breast Implant$130
- UNIVERSAL MID-FACE$128
- XEOMIN$124
- ASCLERA$124
- REVOLVE$122
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$118
- NATRELLE$109
- MENTOR MemoryGel Breast Implant$100
How this compares
$5,041 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 77 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Tennessee.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 16 | $107 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.