Steven Kozusko, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Bangor, MENPI 1033598248
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,370 of the $7,174 with a category attached, or 60.9%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 32.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,633 and has fallen 83.5% since, to $600 in 2025.
Across 53 payments — averaging $135.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Medline Industries LP$2K
- Axogen$2K
- Trimed, Inc.$377
- Sientra, Inc.$298
- Johnson & Johnson$244
- plus $766 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,80339%
- Food & beverage$4,37061%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 20 | $2,305 |
| Medline Industries LP | 12 | $1,607 |
| Axogen | 4 | $1,577 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $377 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 2 | $298 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $244 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 2 | $227 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $133 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $125 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $94 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 1 | $78 |
| Vioptix Inc | 1 | $72 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $37 |
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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,523
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,523
- ALLODERM$1,452
- STRATTICE$1,208
- Dermatology and Wound Care$589
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$298
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$284
- Hyalomatrix Wound Device$244
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$227
- ACUMED$133
- INnate Implant$133
- No Related Product$125
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$109
How this compares
Too few plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Maineto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $136 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Bangor
- Ronald BogdasarianBangor$6K
- Arthur TurkoSouth Portland$2K
- Justin ZelonesSouth Portland$2K
- Richard KutzPortland$1K
- Kelli HickleSouth Portland$939
- John KirkhamSouth Portland$432
- Sanjay MukerjiAuburn$294
- Charmaine JensenLincolnville$67
- Anthony PerroneAugusta$25
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.