Curtis Prejean, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Shreveport, LANPI 1790705010
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,966 of the $5,242 with a category attached, or 75.7%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 48.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,856 and has fallen 65.6% since, to $639 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $4,896.
Across 117 payments — averaging $44.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Medtronic$399
- Endologix LLC$134
- Johnson & Johnson$127
- Abbott$110
- plus $162 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,27624%
- Food & beverage$3,96676%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 68 | $2,528 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 24 | $1,781 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $399 |
| Endologix LLC | 3 | $134 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $127 |
| Abbott | 1 | $110 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
How this compares
$5,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 75 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Louisiana.
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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 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Shreveport
- Timothy DanishShreveport$26K
- Syed MehmoodShreveport$17K
- David HammShreveport$9K
- Vyas RaoShreveport$5K
- John EvansShreveport$4K
- David MullShreveport$2K
- David PennywellShreveport$2K
- Richard GitterMetairie$1.5M
- Emily CassidyBaton Rouge$1.3M
- David AllieLafayette$666K
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.