Robert Yarish
Plastic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1063600880
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $173,361 of the $180,181 with a category attached, or 96.2%. AbbVie accounts for 96.5% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $126,889 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $178 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in TX 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 80 payments — averaging $2252.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$174K
- Merz North America, Inc.$5K
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$467
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$234
- Sientra, Inc.$192
- Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$135
- plus $275 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$173,36196%
- Food & beverage$6,8214%
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) | 23 | $173,850 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 19 | $5,030 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 13 | $467 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 11 | $234 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 2 | $192 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $135 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $123 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 2 | $41 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $27 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Tepha Inc | 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
$180,181 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 337 plastic surgery providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 20 | $692 |
| Np ThyroidThyroid,pork | 11 | $410 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 19 | $195 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $181 |
| Cefadroxil | 17 | $88 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $79 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $25 |
| Alprazolam | 17 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Houston
- Younghoon ChoHouston$1.2M
- David AdelmanHouston$405K
- Warren EllsworthHouston$284K
- Camille CashHouston$212K
- Alexander MericliHouston$125K
- Kristy HamiltonHouston$70K
- Jenny NguyenHouston$45K
- Patrick HsuHouston$34K
- Anthony EchoHouston$27K
- Matthew GreivesHouston$26K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.