Arthur Wang
Neurological Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1184028367
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.2%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 38.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,317 and has fallen 81.9% since, to $1,325 in 2025.
Across 143 payments — averaging $90.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$5K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Medtronic$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$843
- Stryker$448
- Microvention, Inc.$419
- plus $845 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,40019%
- Travel & lodging$4,78037%
- Food & beverage$5,69244%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 11 | $5,005 |
| Globus Medical | 77 | $4,205 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $1,106 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $843 |
| Stryker | 6 | $448 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 7 | $419 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $241 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Mizuho America, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $104 |
| Novartis | 2 | $52 |
| Abbott | 2 | $48 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Penumbra System$4,162
- Excelsius - GPS$1,249
- Pipeline$781
- ELSA$557
- Benchmark$529
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$267
- RED 72$243
- Varilift$171
- ALTERA$146
- Direct Look Lateral System$146
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$145
- CorPath Imaging System$145
- ACTISHIELD CF$142
- Sable$142
- TRUFILL$139
- TREVO$137
- STENT$121
- HEADWAY ADVANCED SOFT$121
- EMBOGUARD$121
- AXIUM PRIMETM$114
How this compares
$12,872 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 116 neurological surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 neurological surgery in New Orleans
- Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$255K
- Christopher MaulucciNew Orleans$134K
- Kendrick JohnsonNew Orleans$82K
- Tyler ScullenNew Orleans$51K
- Aaron DumontNew Orleans$44K
- Sassan KeshavarziNew Orleans$34K
- Lora KahnNew Orleans$24K
- Miguel MelgarNew Orleans$20K
- Johnny DelashawNew Orleans$19K
- Adam PodetNew Orleans$15K
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.