Matthew Abate, MD
Vascular Surgery · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1376801548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 202 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 40 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 202 payments — averaging $44.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$1K
- Surmodics, Inc.$960
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$781
- Endologix LLC$751
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$623
- Penumbra, Inc.$595
- plus $4K from 34 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $1963.18 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,963100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 14 | $1,060 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 23 | $960 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 24 | $781 |
| Endologix LLC | 8 | $751 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 6 | $623 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 8 | $595 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $591 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 9 | $586 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $316 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 7 | $309 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $259 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $235 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $224 |
| Abbott | 2 | $167 |
| Stryker | 6 | $143 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $135 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 4 | $120 |
| Progenacare Global, LLC | 1 | $116 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $116 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $89 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $76 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 2 | $69 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 4 | $53 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $50 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| BD | 1 | $23 |
| Humacyte Global, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $16 |
| Misonix Inc | 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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$716
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$716
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$591
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$591
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$582
- Pounce Thrombectomy$468
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$455
- ENDOCROSS Device$415
- Torus Stent Graft System$415
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$399
- Sublime 014 Rx PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter$352
- Sublime Microcatheter, 018, 200cm, Straight$352
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$288
- Ovation iX Iliac Stent Graft$173
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$172
- Cook$153
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$152
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$152
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$152
- ETERNA$148
How this compares
$8,963 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 65 vascular 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $10,944 |
| EliquisApixaban | 13 | $6,954 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 75 | $564 |
| Cilostazol | 16 | $138 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $135 | $10,94418 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 65th percentile of 65 vascular surgery providers in Louisiana.
Other vascular surgery in Baton Rouge
- Michael Conners IiiBaton Rouge$70K
- James CravenBaton Rouge$65K
- Marvin WeaverBaton Rouge$58K
- London GuidryBaton Rouge$25K
- Paul DavisBaton Rouge$18K
- Gulrez MahmoodBaton Rouge$9K
- Wajeeh IrfanBaton Rouge$7K
- Taylor GwinBaton Rouge$7K
- Madeline DillsBaton Rouge$5K
- James McNeilBaton Rouge$3K
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.