Deepak Awasthi, MD
Neurological Surgery · Thibodaux, LANPI 1982663340
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (29.7%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Spineology Inc. accounts for 87.7% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,941 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $438 in 2025.
Across 80 payments — averaging $273.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spineology Inc.$19K
- Johnson & Johnson$535
- Si-bone, Inc.$422
- 4web, Inc.$210
- Choice Spine, LLC$150
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$130
- plus $1K from 27 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $600.00 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.
- Spineology Inc.$600
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,25029%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,50030%
- Travel & lodging$4,46320%
- Food & beverage$4,61321%
- Entertainment$400%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spineology Inc. | 15 | $19,173 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $535 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $422 |
| 4web, Inc. | 2 | $210 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Elevation Spine, Inc. | 2 | $115 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $110 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $90 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $75 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Nanohive Medical LLC | 1 | $71 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 1 | $52 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $24 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$10,974
- OptiMesh Interbody Fusion System$7,929
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$210
- Blackhawk$150
- Tiger Shark$150
- Blackbird$150
- Tomcat$150
- VEO$150
- iFuse Implant$146
- Teligen$131
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$130
- BoneScalpel$110
How this compares
$21,866 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 20 | $193 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Thibodaux
- Lindsay LasseigneThibodaux$23K
- Anthony SinShreveport$1.5M
- Sebastian KogaHammond$720K
- Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$660K
- Najeeb ThomasMetairie$440K
- Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$255K
- Justin OwenMarrero$201K
- Daniel DenisKenner$198K
- Brian KelleyLake Charles$193K
- Jason CormierLafayette$178K
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.