Kendrick Johnson, MD
Neurological Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1790122141
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (30.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 33.0% of the total.
Across 164 payments — averaging $501.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$27K
- Microvention, Inc.$25K
- Penumbra, Inc.$23K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,00017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,45025%
- Grants$25,00030%
- Travel & lodging$15,15418%
- Food & beverage$7,3109%
- Education$3250%
- Gifts$40%
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) | 32 | $27,175 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 40 | $25,079 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 37 | $23,144 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $2,029 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 17 | $1,918 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 5 | $1,189 |
| Stryker | 9 | $640 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $279 |
| Scientia Vascular | 2 | $213 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 3 | $91 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Novartis | 2 | $52 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Penumbra System$19,961
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$12,889
- STENT$2,697
- Excelsius Robotics System$1,849
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$1,734
- Benchmark$1,260
- TRUFILL$1,191
- ERIC RETRIEVAL DEVICE$1,144
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,126
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,126
- HYDROSOFT ADVANCED$1,105
- TUBING KIT - STROKE$967
- PULSERIDER$944
- Smart Coil$784
- MO.MA ULTRA$748
- Chaperon Guiding Catheter$581
- Azur CX Detachable$369
- Pipeline$343
- RED 72$297
- ACTISHIELD CF$285
How this compares
$82,243 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 11 | $5,041 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in New Orleans
- Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$255K
- Christopher MaulucciNew Orleans$134K
- Tyler ScullenNew Orleans$51K
- Aaron DumontNew Orleans$44K
- Sassan KeshavarziNew Orleans$34K
- Lora KahnNew Orleans$24K
- Miguel MelgarNew Orleans$20K
- Johnny DelashawNew Orleans$19K
- Adam PodetNew Orleans$15K
- Derrick UmanskyNew Orleans$13K
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.