RxDoctor Payments Data

Imtiaz Khan

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1306137666

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Paragonix Technologies, Inc. at 59.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $16,756, 3.6 times the $4,720 reported in 2019.

$42,201in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 164 payments — averaging $257.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$25K
  • Abiomed$6K
  • Abbott$3K
  • Medtronic$3K
  • Intuitive Surgical$584
  • Edwards Lifesciences$576
  • plus $4K from 25 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$25,00059%
  • Travel & lodging$8,52820%
  • Food & beverage$8,67321%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$42,201 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 75 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Louisiana.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$75,365
Medicare patients
106
Services billed
278

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.

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