Marcus Ware, MD
Neurological Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1801996442
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.0%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spine Wave, Inc. at 42.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,051 and has fallen 76.9% since, to $934 in 2025.
Across 67 payments — averaging $167.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spine Wave, Inc.$5K
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$3K
- Novocure Inc.$1K
- Stryker$611
- Isoray, Inc$593
- Medtronic$309
- plus $967 from 13 others
Across 69 payments — averaging $4099.08 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$187K
- Novocure Inc.$47K
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$25K
- Novocure GmbH$24K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00027%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,75024%
- Travel & lodging$4394%
- Food & beverage$5,06445%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 23 | $4,774 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $2,750 |
| Novocure Inc. | 11 | $1,249 |
| Stryker | 3 | $611 |
| Isoray, Inc | 6 | $593 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $309 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $272 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 2 | $224 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 2 | $179 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $74 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $63 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $32 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Axumin$2,750
- SALVO SPINE SYSTEM$1,604
- Oncology$516
- Brachytherapy Source$444
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$439
- Optune$280
- Inspire$272
- SPINAL IMPLANT$268
- IVS - VERTEBROPLASTY PRODUCTS$173
- GammaTile$149
- Spinal Implants$123
- SPINE PRODUCT$118
- SNIPER SPINE SYSTEM$114
- Pipeline$108
- Fixation$106
How this compares
$11,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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.
Other neurological surgery in New Orleans
- Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$255K
- Christopher MaulucciNew Orleans$134K
- Kendrick JohnsonNew Orleans$82K
- 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
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.