Bryan Batson, MD
Hypertension Specialist · Hattiesburg, MSNPI 1104840958
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $47,780 of the $47,980 with a category attached, or 99.6%. Barco, Inc. accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $47,816 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $18 in 2025.
Across 10 payments — averaging $4797.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Barco, Inc.$48K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$124
- Abbott$28
- Edwards Lifesciences$25
- Amgen$23
Across 51 payments — averaging $4493.90 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$229K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$280%
- Food & beverage$1720%
- Gifts$47,780100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barco, Inc. | 1 | $47,780 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 6 | $124 |
| Abbott | 1 | $28 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
How this compares
Too few hypertension specialist providers in Mississippito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Spironolactone | 95 | $1,096 |
| Losartan Potassium | 87 | $830 |
| Irbesartan | 47 | $774 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 142 | $719 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 32 | $521 |
| Labetalol Hcl | 16 | $520 |
| Carvedilol | 72 | $435 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 37 | $273 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 12 | $171 |
| Lisinopril | 22 | $128 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 14 | $74 |
| Chlorthalidone | 12 | $68 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $63 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 33 | $63 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hypertension specialist in Hattiesburg
- Manal Abdur RahmanHattiesburg$313
- James LockWalnut Grove$210
- Philip MellenGulfport$13
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.