Total Payments
$60,124
2024 Payments
$320.05
Companies
20
Transactions
199
Payment Breakdown by Category
Consulting$21,205 (35.3%)
Other$18,707 (31.1%)
Travel$11,697 (19.5%)
Food & Beverage$7,448 (12.4%)
Gifts$558.60 (0.9%)
Education$508.76 (0.8%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $21,205 | 8 | 35.3% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $12,920 | 4 | 21.5% |
| Travel and Lodging | $11,697 | 29 | 19.5% |
| Food and Beverage | $7,448 | 142 | 12.4% |
| Honoraria | $3,200 | 1 | 5.3% |
| Long term medical supply or device loan | $2,587 | 2 | 4.3% |
| Gift | $558.60 | 1 | 0.9% |
| Education | $508.76 | 12 | 0.8% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | $43,760 | 115 | $0 (2023) |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | $7,227 | 10 | $0 (2018) |
| Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | $2,587 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
| ABBVIE INC. | $2,146 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH | $1,192 | 19 | $0 (2017) |
| Bovie Medical Corporation | $936.38 | 6 | $0 (2017) |
| Allergan, Inc. | $609.15 | 14 | $0 (2022) |
| Covidien LP | $420.00 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $230.00 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | $226.66 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $320.05 | 5 | ABBVIE INC. ($115.01) |
| 2023 | $86.16 | 4 | ABBVIE INC. ($31.28) |
| 2022 | $5,060 | 15 | Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. ($2,587) |
| 2021 | $980.77 | 16 | MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. ($524.97) |
| 2020 | $7,583 | 13 | MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. ($7,559) |
| 2019 | $29,525 | 69 | Merz North America, Inc. ($28,916) |
| 2018 | $9,679 | 33 | Daiichi Sankyo Inc. ($7,227) |
| 2017 | $6,889 | 44 | MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. ($4,522) |
All Payment Transactions
199 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 8
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/20/2024 | Mentor Worldwide LLC | MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.95 | General |
| Category: Plastic Surgery | ||||||
| 09/27/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $115.01 | General |
| 06/21/2024 | RTI SURGICAL, INC | CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $83.33 | General |
| Category: General and Plastic Surgery | ||||||
| 06/20/2024 | TELA Bio, Inc. | OviTex 2S (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $58.46 | General |
| Category: Surgical Mesh | ||||||
| 06/20/2024 | TELA Bio, Inc. | OviTex 2S (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $48.30 | General |
| Category: Surgical Mesh | ||||||
| 09/18/2023 | Merz North America, Inc. | Xeomin (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.89 | General |
| Category: Musculoskeletal | ||||||
| 08/10/2023 | Galderma Laboratories, L.P. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.15 | General |
| 03/09/2023 | Galderma Laboratories, L.P. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.84 | General |
| 03/02/2023 | ABBVIE INC. | BOTOX (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.28 | General |
| Category: FACIAL AESTHETICS | ||||||
| 10/31/2022 | Allergan, Inc. | NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $125.83 | General |
| Category: PLASTICS | ||||||
| 09/20/2022 | Sientra, Inc. | SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $25.76 | General |
| Category: BREAST AUGMENTATION & RECONSTRUCTION | ||||||
| 06/22/2022 | Merz North America, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $39.21 | General |
| 05/18/2022 | Allergan, Inc. | NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.31 | General |
| Category: PLASTICS | ||||||
| 04/21/2022 | Allergan, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.36 | General |
| 04/19/2022 | Merz North America, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $40.96 | General |
| 04/14/2022 | ABBVIE INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $600.00 | General |
| 04/13/2022 | Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh (Device) | Long term medical supply or device loan | In-kind items and services | $1,293.41 | General |
| Category: Mesh, Surgical, Polymeric | ||||||
| 04/13/2022 | Galderma Laboratories, L.P. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.31 | General |
| 03/17/2022 | Allergan, Inc. | NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.10 | General |
| Category: PLASTICS | ||||||
| 02/27/2022 | Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | Zynrelef (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.17 | General |
| Category: Postoperative Pain | ||||||
| 02/25/2022 | Merz North America, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $103.53 | General |
| 01/31/2022 | Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh (Device) | Long term medical supply or device loan | In-kind items and services | $1,293.41 | General |
| Category: Mesh, Surgical, Polymeric | ||||||
| 01/17/2022 | ABBVIE INC. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,400.00 | General |
| 01/04/2022 | Sientra, Inc. | SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.53 | General |
| Category: BREAST AUGMENTATION & RECONSTRUCTION | ||||||
| 12/22/2021 | MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.38 | General |
About Dr. Karol Gutowski, MD
Dr. Karol Gutowski, MD is a Plastic Surgery healthcare provider based in Glenview, Illinois. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/16/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1134198799.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Karol Gutowski, MD has received a total of $60,124 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $320.05 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 199 transactions from 20 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($21,205).
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Practice Information
- Specialty Plastic Surgery
- Location Glenview, IL
- Active Since 03/16/2006
- Last Updated 04/25/2024
- Taxonomy Code 208200000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1134198799
Products in Payments
- XEOMIN (Biological) $14,243
- Morphabond ER (Drug) $7,227
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh (Device) $2,587
- Xeomin (Biological) $1,475
- LigaSure (Device) $420.00
- NATRELLE (Device) $263.02
- EXPAREL (Drug) $230.00
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS (Device) $176.24
- OviTex 2S (Device) $106.76
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS (Device) $83.33
- BOTOX (Biological) $53.06
- GalaFLEX (Device) $47.46
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT (Device) $44.29
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer (Device) $28.12
- Zynrelef (Drug) $26.17
- BOTOX COSMETIC (Biological) $25.95
- VARITHENA (Device) $24.08
- MemoryGel Breast Implants (Device) $17.28
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.