Stephen Kovach, MD
Plastic Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1255463683
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Davol Inc. accounts for 69.2% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $228,408, 2.6 times the $86,596 reported in 2019. Among plastic surgery clinicians in PA 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 608 payments — averaging $1357.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Davol Inc.$571K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$118K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$81K
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$23K
- AbbVie$16K
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$7K
- plus $10K from 16 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1139.20 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.
- Davol Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$265,34132%
- Speaking & faculty fees$474,60758%
- Travel & lodging$66,9818%
- Food & beverage$18,2832%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davol Inc. | 313 | $570,910 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 105 | $118,164 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 110 | $80,637 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 20 | $23,170 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $15,525 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 6 | $7,084 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 10 | $6,854 |
| BD | 10 | $1,543 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 5 | $577 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $173 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Axogen | 1 | $97 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $38 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $36 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $32 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
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.
- INTEGRA$131,718
- PHASIX$43,087
- Phasix Mesh$40,790
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$37,024
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$27,572
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$27,561
- FLOWABLE$27,561
- IDRT$27,189
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$25,571
- Checkpoint Stimulators$22,724
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$21,728
- Product in Development$21,550
- GORE DUALMESH Biomaterial$21,125
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$14,810
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$14,633
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$14,633
- TENOGLIDE TENDON PROTECTOR SHEET$14,250
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$14,240
- PRIMATRIX$11,006
- Cavilon Advanced Skin Protectant$6,163
How this compares
$825,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 196 plastic surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 surgery in Philadelphia
- John FischerPhiladelphia$3.3M
- Suhail KanchwalaPhiladelphia$1.4M
- Ivona PercecPhiladelphia$534K
- Evan KatzelPhiladelphia$338K
- Paul GlatPhiladelphia$325K
- Shaun MendenhallPhiladelphia$173K
- Paris ButlerPhiladelphia$101K
- Jordan SwansonPhiladelphia$99K
- Aron WahrmanPhiladelphia$82K
- Scott BartlettPhiladelphia$45K
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.