Kent Higdon
Plastic Surgery · Franklin, TNNPI 1447471198
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (38.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Elutia, Inc. at 59.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $17,824 and has fallen 69.1% since, to $5,501 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in TN 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 130 payments — averaging $274.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Elutia, Inc.$21K
- AbbVie$9K
- Motiva USA, LLC$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$2K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$495
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$413
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,68819%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,61738%
- Travel & lodging$7,85222%
- Food & beverage$6,82619%
- Gifts$870%
- Other$6522%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elutia, Inc. | 26 | $21,222 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 44 | $9,150 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 16 | $1,812 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 10 | $1,501 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 9 | $495 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 9 | $413 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $242 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 2 | $194 |
| Axogen | 1 | $171 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $151 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $84 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $24 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- ECM Patch,Pouch$11,517
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$7,827
- Motiva Implant Matrix$1,323
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$1,211
- INTEGRA$532
- OviTex 2S$378
- BOTOX$364
- OMNIGRAFT$266
- SURGIMEND$266
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$266
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$170
- GalaFLEX$147
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$136
- NATRELLE$121
- ALLODERM$103
- NPseal$100
- NPSEAL LARGE$100
- NPSEAL MEDIUM$100
How this compares
$35,722 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 89 plastic surgery providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 11 | $78 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Franklin
- Kristina OshaughnessyFranklin$142K
- Steven BengelsdorfFranklin$35K
- Jose Ramirez GavidiaFranklin$11K
- Konrad SarosiekFranklin$10K
- Nathan BroughtFranklin$7K
- Paul PapillionFranklin$7K
- Ted BeharFranklin$1K
- George MaxwellNashville$48.3M
- Gaurav BhartiJohnson City$527K
- Jacob UngerNashville$153K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.