Beau Bergeron, MD
Anesthesiology · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1497020713
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,888 of the $3,137 with a category attached, or 60.2%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 74.1% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,247 and has fallen 93.6% since, to $144 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 34 payments — averaging $92.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Abbott$292
- Abiomed$238
- Stryker$146
- Medtronic$48
- Merck$47
- plus $43 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,88860%
- Food & beverage$1,24940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 21 | $2,324 |
| Abbott | 2 | $292 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $238 |
| Stryker | 1 | $146 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $48 |
| Merck | 3 | $47 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $28 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- AMPLATZER AMULET$173
- NA$146
- STRYKER VARISPEED$146
- Impella$119
- MitraClip$118
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$104
How this compares
$3,137 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 497 anesthesiology 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 anesthesiology in Baton Rouge
- Robert AitkenBaton Rouge$3K
- Timothy MaherBaton Rouge$2K
- Brad HymelBaton Rouge$2K
- Brooke LeblancBaton Rouge$775
- Keith MayfieldShreveport$32K
- John GuilliotNew Orleans$32K
- Brian CrenshawBenton$26K
- Caroline CarrollShreveport$26K
- Aya MouhaffelShreveport$20K
- Richard FairShreveport$17K
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.