Sarah Mess
Plastic Surgery · Columbia, MDNPI 1740281047
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $156,675 of the $177,801 with a category attached, or 88.1%. AbbVie accounts for 96.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $63,428 and has fallen 60.5% since, to $25,024 in 2025. Among plastic surgery clinicians in MD 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 375 payments — averaging $474.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$171K
- Motiva USA, LLC$4K
- Davol Inc.$2K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$441
- Sientra, Inc.$430
- Biom'up SA$123
- plus $218 from 5 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $2739.80 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.
- AbbVie$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,7382%
- Speaking & faculty fees$156,67588%
- Travel & lodging$8,9385%
- Food & beverage$8,3645%
- Gifts$870%
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) | 322 | $171,205 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 8 | $3,647 |
| Davol Inc. | 6 | $1,737 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 21 | $441 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 9 | $430 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $123 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $57 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $46 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 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.
- BOTOX$61,366
- Motiva Implant Matrix$3,439
- KYBELLA$1,950
- BOTOX COSMETIC$1,000
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$526
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$173
- ALLODERM$144
- HEMOBLAST$123
How this compares
$177,801 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 105 plastic surgery providers in Maryland.
Other plastic surgery in Columbia
- Chad GordonBaltimore$2.9M
- Larry LicksteinTowson$271K
- Ricardo RodriguezLutherville$71K
- Jasson AbrahamBaltimore$54K
- Maakan TaghizadehBaltimore$38K
- Derek MasdenBaltimore$34K
- Steven RottmanBaltimore$31K
- Paul MansonLutherville$28K
- Samir RaoChevy Chase$26K
- Frank AlbinoChevy Chase$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.