Mark Pollet, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1972865574
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (34.5%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 47 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $36,015 and has fallen 83.2% since, to $6,068 in 2025. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 837 payments — averaging $107.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$27K
- Abbott$18K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$15K
- Boston Scientific$12K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$7K
- Biotronik Inc.$4K
- plus $6K from 41 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,75017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,3755%
- Grants$17,15119%
- Travel & lodging$21,17123%
- Food & beverage$31,10034%
- Education$6151%
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.
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.
- Carto 3$17,898
- GENERAL BRADY$3,750
- Watchman$3,569
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$2,863
- AVEIR$2,251
- Carto 3 System$1,948
- Assurity Pacemaker$1,294
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$1,255
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$1,193
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,183
- Micra$1,154
- AMPLATZER AMULET$1,026
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$984
- GENERAL TACHY$901
- AMVIA EDGE$675
- Selectra$675
- Solia$675
- BioMonitor$675
- Accent Pacemaker$647
- Fortify Assura, Ellipse ICD$618
How this compares
$90,162 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 43 clinical cardiac electrophysiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 268 | $223,991 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 128 | $104,814 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 15 | $13,470 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 13 | $10,713 |
| Dofetilide | 32 | $9,484 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 81 | $2,261 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 101 | $2,126 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 152 | $2,111 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 65 | $969 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 93 | $570 |
| Famotidine | 51 | $444 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 51 | $397 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 57 | $321 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 13 | $300 |
| Losartan Potassium | 17 | $270 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $462 | $223,991268 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $270 | $104,814128 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $368 | $13,47015 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 43 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Louisiana.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Baton Rouge
- Joshua AymondBaton Rouge$64K
- Thomas GullattBaton Rouge$31K
- Kenneth CivelloBaton Rouge$30K
- Charles SmithBaton Rouge$29K
- Robert DrennanBaton Rouge$18K
- Paul DampfBaton Rouge$12K
- Wenjie XuBaton Rouge$10K
- Norman DeumiteBaton Rouge$9K
- Henry PatrickBaton Rouge$4K
- Nassir MarroucheNew Orleans$498K
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.