Santosh Kale, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Richmond, VANPI 1720017403
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 71 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mentor Worldwide LLC at 28.7% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $2,384.
Across 71 payments — averaging $32.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$657
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$551
- Sientra, Inc.$149
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$146
- RTI Surgical, Inc$145
- AbbVie$140
- plus $504 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,292100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 34 | $657 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 6 | $551 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 7 | $149 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $145 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $140 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $121 |
| Axogen | 1 | $81 |
| Vioptix Inc | 1 | $74 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $63 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 4 | $49 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $44 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$2,292 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 77 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Virginia.
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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.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Richmond
- Neil ZemmelRichmond$38K
- Lauren NigroRichmond$28K
- Burton SundinRichmond$23K
- Karishma ReddyRichmond$7K
- Robert DecontiRichmond$5K
- Lewis LadocsiRichmond$5K
- Isaac WornomRichmond$4K
- Annabel BaekRichmond$4K
- Nadia BlanchetRichmond$4K
- Leslie CohenRichmond$3K
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.