Wei Chen, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1275736290
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (42.0%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Microinstruments, Inc. at 28.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,392, more than ten times the $121 reported in 2020.
Across 50 payments — averaging $197.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Microinstruments, Inc.$3K
- Synthes GmbH$3K
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$534
- Patriot Medical Distributors$500
- AbbVie$346
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,20022%
- Travel & lodging$4,14742%
- Food & beverage$3,03231%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Microinstruments, Inc. | 17 | $2,815 |
| Synthes GmbH | 5 | $2,776 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 5 | $1,491 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $534 |
| Patriot Medical Distributors | 1 | $500 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $346 |
| Axogen | 2 | $226 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $184 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $175 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 3 | $168 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $160 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $122 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $116 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Symani Surgical Systems$2,637
- Flexitouch Plus$1,469
- Nimbl$1,350
- INTEGRA$1,121
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$551
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$422
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$302
- PRIMATRIX$277
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$226
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$226
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$226
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$184
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$184
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$175
- MENTOR CPX 2 Breast Tissue Expander$146
- OMNIGRAFT$145
- SURGIMEND$145
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$144
- PuraPly$125
- Da Vinci Surgical System$122
How this compares
$9,879 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 78 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Ohio.
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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 Cleveland
- James GatherwrightCleveland$52K
- Abeer KalandarCleveland$34K
- Steven BernardCleveland$9K
- Howard WangCleveland$7K
- William LeavittCleveland$7K
- Fatma TuncerCleveland$6K
- Nicholas SinclairCleveland$4K
- Corinne WeeCleveland$2K
- Nidal Al DeekCleveland$1K
- William SchleicherCleveland$634
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.