Rahul Seth, MD
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Walnut Creek, CANPI 1073784682
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $22,100 of the $31,745 with a category attached, or 69.6%. AbbVie accounts for 78.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $20,052 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $123 in 2025. Among plastic surgery within the head & neck clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 52 payments — averaging $610.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$25K
- Synthes GmbH$6K
- Stryker$340
- Kerecis Limited$202
- Vioptix Inc$152
- Bristol Myers Squibb$78
- plus $159 from 4 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $30,986 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.
- Davol Inc.$31K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,10070%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,25013%
- Travel & lodging$3,33511%
- Food & beverage$2,0606%
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) | 28 | $25,029 |
| Synthes GmbH | 10 | $5,787 |
| Stryker | 7 | $340 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $202 |
| Vioptix Inc | 1 | $152 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $78 |
| Axogen | 1 | $65 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
- BOTOX$8,698
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$807
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$202
- T. Ox Oximeter$152
- MEDICAL MODELS$145
How this compares
$31,745 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 119 plastic surgery within the head & neck 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $162 |
| Cephalexin | 30 | $150 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Walnut Creek
- William BinderBeverly Hills$136.4M
- Jivianne LeeSanta Monica$324K
- John JosephEncino$252K
- Rajesh ChopraBeverly Hills$75K
- Ronald KochMountain View$37K
- Yarah HaidarOrange$31K
- Amar GuptaRiverside$26K
- Donald YooBeverly Hills$12K
- Christopher ZoumalanBeverly Hills$11K
- Donald CarterMerced$11K
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.