Michael Conners Iii, MD
Vascular Surgery · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1154386712
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $44,225 of the $70,469 with a category attached, or 62.8%. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 43 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $17,130 and has fallen 70.7% since, to $5,018 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in LA 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.
Across 388 payments — averaging $181.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$50K
- Medtronic$5K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- Endologix LLC$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$771
- plus $7K from 38 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,6502%
- Speaking & faculty fees$44,22563%
- Travel & lodging$5,6738%
- Food & beverage$18,92027%
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.
- Diamondback Peripheral$25,780
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$19,910
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$2,500
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$1,420
- IN.PACT Admiral$1,409
- Torus Stent Graft System$1,098
- ENDOCROSS Device$1,098
- ENDURANT IIS$978
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$758
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$680
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$676
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$664
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$664
- MIDAS REX$661
- AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System$558
- Valiant Captivia$538
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$530
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$493
- XARELTO$464
- Diamondback Coronary$462
How this compares
$70,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 | 36 | $22,995 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 66 | $445 |
| Cilostazol | 12 | $171 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $54 |
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 | $1,062 | $22,99536 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 95th percentile of 65 vascular surgery providers in Louisiana.
Other vascular surgery in Baton Rouge
- James CravenBaton Rouge$65K
- Marvin WeaverBaton Rouge$58K
- London GuidryBaton Rouge$25K
- Paul DavisBaton Rouge$18K
- Gulrez MahmoodBaton Rouge$9K
- Matthew AbateBaton 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.