Jules Walters
Surgery · Metairie, LANPI 1972793479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $24,664 of the $40,924 with a category attached, or 60.3%. Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC accounts for 60.7% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $21,467 and has fallen 73.9% since, to $5,609 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 255 payments — averaging $160.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$25K
- AbbVie$13K
- Axogen$648
- Davol Inc.$596
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$425
- Tepha Inc$289
- plus $930 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,40011%
- Speaking & faculty fees$24,66460%
- Travel & lodging$3,2068%
- Food & beverage$8,65421%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 25 | $24,824 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 189 | $13,211 |
| Axogen | 7 | $648 |
| Davol Inc. | 7 | $596 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $425 |
| Tepha Inc | 4 | $289 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $214 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $146 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 2 | $101 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $45 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$437
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$437
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$403
- BOTOX$389
- NATRELLE$341
- INTEGRA$299
- Phasix Mesh$289
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$273
- GalaFLEX$238
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$157
- RECELL$150
- Cohealyx$150
- PERMEADERM$150
- OMNIGRAFT$149
- SURGIMEND$149
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$149
- PICO 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$124
- PICO 7Y Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy$124
- Acticoat Range$124
- ALLODERM$123
How this compares
$40,924 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 381 surgery providers in Louisiana.
Other surgery in Metairie
- Robert NormandMetairie$22K
- Brian CreelyMetairie$14K
- John TaborBaton Rouge$567K
- Carlos GalvaniNew Orleans$352K
- Mark HausmannBaton Rouge$250K
- Joseph BuellNew Orleans$186K
- Daryl MarxBaton Rouge$157K
- Matias NautsLake Charles$112K
- Tracee ShortBaton Rouge$108K
- Kamel BraktaShreveport$95K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.