Ashish Sonig, MD
Neurological Surgery · Shreveport, LANPI 1528323011
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 41 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 28.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,254 and has fallen 63.0% since, to $464 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $5,328.
Across 41 payments — averaging $71.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$823
- Qapel Medical Inc$372
- Medtronic$325
- Johnson & Johnson$214
- Balt USA, LLC$199
- Rapid Medical Ltd$189
- plus $809 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,930100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 12 | $823 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 3 | $372 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $325 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $214 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 2 | $199 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 1 | $189 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $177 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $175 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $174 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $98 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Novo Nordisk | 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.
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$189
- COMANECI 17$189
- XIA 3$167
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$167
- Optima Coil System$162
- AXS VECTA 71$159
- ACP$147
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$145
- EVOLVE PROLINE$144
- RED 72$129
- Pipeline$120
- ACTIFUSE$117
How this compares
$2,930 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th 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 Shreveport
- Anthony SinShreveport$1.5M
- Ravish PatwardhanShreveport$120K
- Stanley HoangShreveport$88K
- Peter CampbellShreveport$76K
- Jessica WildenShreveport$57K
- Jamie TomsShreveport$17K
- Sungho LeeShreveport$6K
- Sebastian KogaHammond$720K
- Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$660K
- Najeeb ThomasMetairie$440K
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.