Cathy Zhang, MD
Anesthesiology · Covington, LANPI 1508213539
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,389 of the $8,196 with a category attached, or 77.9%. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,021 and has fallen 63.8% since, to $1,093 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 166 payments — averaging $49.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$1K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$959
- Globus Medical$669
- Painteq LLC$543
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,30016%
- Food & beverage$6,38978%
- Education$5076%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 38 | $1,411 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 9 | $1,342 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 13 | $1,085 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 11 | $959 |
| Globus Medical | 26 | $669 |
| Painteq LLC | 3 | $543 |
| Nevro Corp. | 9 | $459 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $431 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 10 | $210 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $137 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $125 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $101 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $78 |
| Vertex | 4 | $76 |
| Abbott | 3 | $67 |
| Esaote North America, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $58 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $52 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $51 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $35 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Novartis | 1 | $23 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $18 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $17 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Intracept$4,674
- SPRINT PNS System$874
- Senza$649
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$596
- PAINTEQ$467
- SUPERION$145
- EXPAREL$125
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$119
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$118
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$113
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$112
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$107
- VECTRIS$103
How this compares
$8,196 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 12 | $8,851 |
| Gabapentin | 223 | $2,771 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 129 | $2,279 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 187 | $2,128 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 116 | $1,995 |
| Lidocaine | 17 | $1,127 |
| Pregabalin | 110 | $1,066 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 11 | $761 |
| Baclofen | 56 | $748 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 38 | $700 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 42 | $584 |
| Methocarbamol | 52 | $325 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 29 | $284 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 50 | $198 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 18 | $149 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Covington
- Allan ParrCovington$2K
- Keith MayfieldShreveport$32K
- John GuilliotNew Orleans$32K
- Brian CrenshawBenton$26K
- Caroline CarrollShreveport$26K
- Aya MouhaffelShreveport$20K
- Richard FairShreveport$17K
- Sebastian PartesottiMarrero$16K
- Wendy BernsteinShreveport$16K
- Luke MoselShreveport$14K
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.