Ruston Sanchez, MD
Plastic Surgery · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1043639495
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $16,625 of the $24,604 with a category attached, or 67.6%. Kerecis Limited accounts for 89.2% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,751 and has fallen 69.3% since, to $3,298 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 43 payments — averaging $572.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerecis Limited$22K
- Axogen$2K
- Stryker$233
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$204
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$167
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$139
- plus $361 from 10 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $2500.00 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.
- Kerecis Limited$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,35010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,62568%
- Travel & lodging$2,64611%
- Food & beverage$2,75011%
- Education$2331%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kerecis Limited | 16 | $21,936 |
| Axogen | 5 | $1,565 |
| Stryker | 1 | $233 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $204 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $167 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $139 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Integrum Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $32 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $30 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$43,792
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$41,674
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$15,168
- Kerecis SurgiClose$5,400
- AXOGUARD$2,918
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$1,459
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$1,459
- Kerecis GraftGuide$1,350
- Kerecis Omega3 Wound$423
- Kerecis Omega3 Surgibind$316
- UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE$233
- Restrata Wound Matrix$132
- MemoryGel Breast Implants$132
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$132
How this compares
$24,604 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 49 plastic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 21 | $174 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery in Baton Rouge
- Jonathan WeilerBaton Rouge$62K
- Roy BrabhamBaton Rouge$5K
- Mary GhereBaton Rouge$4K
- Michael HanemannBaton Rouge$3K
- Andrew FreelBaton Rouge$3K
- Gary CoxBaton Rouge$2K
- Robyn DaughertyBaton Rouge$1K
- John DeanBaton Rouge$595
- Ann ReilleyBaton Rouge$579
- Erick SanchezBaton Rouge$217
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.