Jose Mena, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Hammond, LANPI 1740241363
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.5% of the total across 124 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 26.9% of the total.
Across 124 payments — averaging $78.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abiomed$1K
- Philips North America LLC$725
- Baxter Healthcare$631
- Endologix LLC$513
- Boston Scientific$459
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3403%
- Food & beverage$9,38097%
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(2 entities) | 37 | $2,611 |
| Abiomed | 21 | $1,453 |
| Philips North America LLC | 10 | $725 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 7 | $631 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $513 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $459 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $454 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $435 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $385 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $277 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $276 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $215 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $202 |
| Stryker | 1 | $173 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 2 | $163 |
| Abbott | 3 | $146 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $112 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| BD | 1 | $58 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Impella$823
- CoreValve Evolut$606
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$530
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$530
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$513
- Avalus$458
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$438
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$411
- TISSEEL$360
- IGT Systems Und$340
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$329
- Mosaic$298
- ENDURANT IIS$171
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$165
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$151
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$131
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$129
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$125
- EVERPOINT$125
- VISTASEAL$125
How this compares
$9,721 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 12 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Hammond
- Richard GitterMetairie$1.5M
- Emily CassidyBaton Rouge$1.3M
- David AllieLafayette$666K
- Vern KellerLafayette$394K
- Aditya BansalNew Orleans$140K
- Daniel BecklesLake Charles$80K
- Nicholas LeblancBaton Rouge$70K
- Sarah AhmadMonroe$58K
- Imtiaz KhanBaton Rouge$42K
- Robert DewittAlexandria$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.