Nandhika Wijay
Plastic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1356602726
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,671 of the $6,021 with a category attached, or 77.6%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 36.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,017 and has fallen 74.8% since, to $508 in 2025.
Across 101 payments — averaging $59.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Sientra, Inc.$930
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$830
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$488
- KCI USA, Inc.$325
- Journey Medical Corporation$250
- plus $976 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,67178%
- Gifts$1,35022%
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) | 33 | $2,223 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 14 | $930 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 14 | $830 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 8 | $488 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $325 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 2 | $250 |
| Axogen | 4 | $199 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $147 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $102 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $62 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $40 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| 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$1,350
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$309
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$285
- DAXXIFY$275
- PREVENA$155
- VAC VERAFLO$155
- DAXI$150
- VersaWrap$144
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$135
- QBREXZA$125
- Accutane$125
- VAC VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$109
- V-LOC 180$102
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$101
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$101
How this compares
$6,021 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 337 plastic surgery providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 37 | $315 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Robert YarishHouston$180K
- Alexander MericliHouston$125K
- Kristy HamiltonHouston$70K
- Jenny NguyenHouston$45K
- Patrick HsuHouston$34K
- Anthony EchoHouston$27K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.