Michael Arnstein, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Torrance, CANPI 1821000100
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $11,140 of the $13,324 with a category attached, or 83.6%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 48.0% of the total.
Across 238 payments — averaging $55.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$6K
- Polynovo North America LLC$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$1K
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$1K
- Sientra, Inc.$681
- Smith+Nephew$652
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,18416%
- Food & beverage$11,14084%
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) | 99 | $6,392 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 18 | $1,613 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 16 | $1,184 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 19 | $1,077 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 13 | $681 |
| Smith+Nephew | 45 | $652 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 9 | $579 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 6 | $220 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 3 | $184 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Stryker | 1 | $132 |
| Derma Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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$5,002
- INTEGRA$2,345
- REVOLVE$1,828
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$1,759
- Novosorb BTM$1,114
- PRIMATRIX$1,018
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$782
- VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP$638
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$405
- PuraPly$331
- IDRT$236
- Restrata Wound Matrix$155
- Matriderm$137
- BIOARCH$132
- STRAVIX PL$126
- NATRELLE$121
- AMNIOEXCEL$121
- TCC-EZ$121
- OMNIGRAFT$121
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$115
How this compares
$13,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 349 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 23 | $146 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 30 | $119 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Torrance
- Michael NewmanTorrance$31K
- 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
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.