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Rafael David Gottenger, MD

NPI 1144215617ActiveIndividual· Plastic Surgery· South Miami, FL

Plastic Surgery (MD) in South Miami, Florida, licensed in FL, with an NPI issued in September 2005. 32 Medicare patients in 2024, $15,406 paid; nearly all of their 75 Part D prescriptions were generic (96%). Tela Bio, Inc. was the largest of 9 companies reporting payments in 2025, $9,976 in all, mostly travel and lodging. Lists South Miami Hospital as a hospital affiliation.

Overview

NPI1144215617
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedSep 12, 2005
Last updated in NPPESMar 22, 2017

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Plastic Surgery Primary208200000XME91263FL

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 10, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 10, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (FL)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients32
Services billed80 across 25 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$15,406

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)75 · 82 30-day fills
Patients18
Total drug cost$923.65
Generic share96% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year1988
Medicare specialtyPlastic And Reconstructive Surgery
Secondary specialtiesMaxillofacial Surgery

Hospital affiliation

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$9,976 · 51 payments from 9 companies
  • 2024$17,619 · 50 payments from 9 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Tela Bio, Inc.$5,10220
Abbvie Inc.$3,97822
Motiva USA, LLC$262.053
Becton, Dickinson and Company$181.071
Calyxo, Inc.$144.751

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Travel and Lodging$4,370 · 4 payments
  • Food and Beverage$2,887 · 44 payments
  • Consulting Fee$2,720 · 3 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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