Cuong Bui, MD
Neurological Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1750574992
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Brainlab, Inc. at 39.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,618 and has fallen 94.4% since, to $203 in 2025.
Across 70 payments — averaging $117.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Brainlab, Inc.$3K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Medtronic$610
- Stryker$380
- Boston Scientific$324
- plus $898 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,29952%
- Food & beverage$3,93248%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brainlab, Inc. | 5 | $3,285 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 18 | $1,518 |
| Globus Medical | 9 | $1,216 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $610 |
| Stryker | 3 | $380 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $324 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $206 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Isoray, Inc | 1 | $128 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $128 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $84 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $82 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 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.
- Image Guided Surgical Device$3,179
- SPINAL IMPLANT$577
- Intracept$528
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$360
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$190
- Brachytherapy Source$128
- TAGRISSO$128
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$126
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$112
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$112
- SPINE PRODUCT$107
- COALITION$105
- Surgical planning and navigation radiation treatment planning and positioning$100
How this compares
$8,231 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 11 | $811 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $111 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in New Orleans
- Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$255K
- Christopher MaulucciNew Orleans$134K
- Kendrick JohnsonNew Orleans$82K
- Tyler ScullenNew Orleans$51K
- Aaron DumontNew Orleans$44K
- Sassan KeshavarziNew Orleans$34K
- Lora KahnNew Orleans$24K
- Miguel MelgarNew Orleans$20K
- Johnny DelashawNew Orleans$19K
- Adam PodetNew Orleans$15K
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.