RxDoctor Payments Data

Louis Jacques, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Edina, MNNPI 1700816998

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $29,265 of the $35,751 with a category attached, or 81.9%. AstraZeneca accounts for 94.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MN 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.

$35,751in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 37 payments — averaging $966.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$34K
  • Medtronic$2K
  • AbbVie$120
  • GSK$98
  • Davol Inc.$48

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$4,65013%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$29,26582%
  • Grants$1200%
  • Travel & lodging$1,0533%
  • Food & beverage$6632%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AstraZeneca32$33,910
Medtronic1$1,575
AbbVie1$120
GSK2$98
Davol Inc.1$48

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

$35,751 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 128 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Minnesota.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$85,795
Medicare patients
201
Services billed
322

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Hydromorphone Hcl19$104

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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