Mark Gaon
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Mission Viejo, CANPI 1275770471
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $28,696 of the $40,099 with a category attached, or 71.6%. AbbVie accounts for 74.2% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $28,871 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $1,180 in 2025. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in CA 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 115 payments — averaging $348.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$30K
- Biotronik Inc.$3K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$2K
- Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc.$2K
- Merz North America, Inc.$1K
- Motiva USA, LLC$939
- plus $684 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,2506%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0005%
- Travel & lodging$1,5814%
- Food & beverage$3,6429%
- Gifts$28,69672%
- Other$1,9305%
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) | 50 | $29,756 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 5 | $3,447 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 13 | $2,248 |
| Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | 2 | $1,930 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 14 | $1,095 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 11 | $939 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 2 | $195 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $150 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 7 | $108 |
| Stryker | 1 | $55 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 5 | $48 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $36 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
How this compares
$40,099 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 349 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in California.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $250 |
| Cefadroxil | 25 | $177 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 19 | $101 |
| Diazepam | 14 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Mission Viejo
- Mark SuskiThousand Oaks$294K
- Corey MaasSan Francisco$286K
- Arian MowlaviLaguna Beach$250K
- Charles LeeSan Francisco$200K
- David SieberSan Francisco$195K
- David KulberLos Angeles$194K
- Matthew NykielUpland$181K
- Subhas GuptaLoma Linda$178K
- Jeffrey HammoudehLos Angeles$159K
- Geoffrey GurtnerPalo Alto$127K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.