Charles Leithead, MD
Vascular Surgery · Gretna, LANPI 1215299961
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.3%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $12,178 and has fallen 90.0% since, to $1,224 in 2025.
Across 226 payments — averaging $103.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$5K
- Abbott$2K
- Surmodics, Inc.$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$809
- Imperative Care, Inc$667
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$11,34348%
- Food & beverage$12,03651%
- Education$610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 37 | $11,346 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 65 | $4,747 |
| Abbott | 19 | $2,074 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 13 | $1,059 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 12 | $809 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 10 | $667 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 3 | $416 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 4 | $354 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $293 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $200 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $195 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 9 | $189 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 6 | $182 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 5 | $141 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 5 | $97 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $93 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $92 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $84 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 3 | $33 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| BD | 1 | $17 |
| Convatec Inc. | 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.
- IN.PACT Admiral$9,280
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$1,521
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$1,388
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$810
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$592
- TurboHawk$584
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface$550
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$499
- Sublime 014 Rx PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter$490
- ENDURANT IIS$466
- HemoBlast Bellows$416
- Pounce Thrombectomy$382
- Sublime Radial Access 018 RX PTA Dilatation Catheter$326
- Sublime Radial Access Guide Sheath$326
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$283
- Zenith Spiral-Z$241
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$239
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$233
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$233
- Signia$193
How this compares
$23,440 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 65 vascular 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 99 | $72,572 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 19 | $10,484 |
| Cilostazol | 151 | $3,312 |
| Pentoxifylline | 101 | $2,555 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 138 | $540 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 12 | $246 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 16 | $140 |
| Meloxicam | 80 | $106 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $89 |
| Alprazolam | 78 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Gretna
- Christopher BlackstockGretna$10K
- Bruce TorranceGretna$7K
- Jeannie NguyenGretna$2K
- Michael Conners IiiBaton Rouge$70K
- Gregory CrenshawMetairie$67K
- James CravenBaton Rouge$65K
- Marvin WeaverBaton Rouge$58K
- Christopher LagraizeLafayette$47K
- Paul PerkowskiShreveport$41K
- Osarumen OkunborCovington$38K
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.