Table 2.

Industry Payments by Category

Payment Category	Total Payment (%)	Median (IQR) of Payments by category event	Number of payments by category	Median (IQR) of Payments by Surgeon	Number of Surgeons Paid
Speaker non-CEP	$1,709,930(32%)	$5,847 ($3000–$21,427)	378	$5,847 ($3,000–$18,728)	131
Consulting	$1,403,770(27%)	$2,100 ($750–$4,400)	382	$3,000 ($625–$7,033)	181
Travel & Lodging	$767,003(15%)	$ 228($109–$475)	1,863	$892 ($546–$1,407)	490
Food & Beverage	$702,340 (13%)	$ 102 ($31–114$)	14,270	$100 ($31–$211)	4011
Gift	$305,030(5.6%)	$575 ($275–$700)	558	$750 ($308–$1,500)	273
Royalty	$215,651(4%)	$3,588 ($693–$ 21,280)	17	$8,918 ($916–$50,825)	9
Honoraria	$96,806(1.8%)	$1,350($500–$3,000)	46	$1,500($550–$4,000)	30
Education	$50,211(0.9%)	$20 ($14–$79)	215	$24 ($14–$75)	191
Speaker CEP	$23,950(0.4%)	$900 ($500–$2,000)	18	$1,750 ($550–$2,500)	12
Grant	$2,131(0.04%)	$1065 ($131–$200)	2	$1065 ($131–$2,000)	2
Entertainment	$1,792(0.03%)	$99 ($94–$143)	9	$99 ($89–$143)	9
Total	$5,278,613	$27 ($14–$122)	17,758	$131($38–$418)	5,339

This table describes the amount paid to all plastic surgeons by payment category, the median (IQR) of each payments, the number of payments made by category. The median payments made to an individual plastic surgeon and the number of plastic surgeons that received payments in that category.