Ramsey Ellis, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1902010192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (49.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medwest Associates at 47.5% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in MO, where the typical reported total is $3,093.
Across 19 payments — averaging $136.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medwest Associates$1K
- Sonex Health, Inc.$828
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$281
- Trimed, Inc.$75
- Hydrocision, Inc.$44
- Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc$32
- plus $100 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$30112%
- Food & beverage$1,00039%
- Education$1,29050%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medwest Associates | 3 | $1,231 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 3 | $828 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $281 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Hydrocision, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Axogen | 1 | $24 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Sx-One Microknife$828
- XIAFLEX$102
How this compares
$2,590 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 61 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 140 | $378 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 48 | $217 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Saint Louis
- Terence MyckatynSaint Louis$399K
- David CaplinSaint Louis$81K
- Patricia McGuireSaint Louis$66K
- Mitchell PetSaint Louis$42K
- Kamlesh PatelSaint Louis$41K
- John HoldsSaint Louis$40K
- Marissa Morningstar TenenbaumSaint Louis$28K
- Charles NathanSaint Louis$19K
- Brock RidenourSaint Louis$9K
- Milind KachareSaint Louis$6K
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.