Nicole Toups
Surgical · Shreveport, LANPI 1285290098
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 58.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $867 and has fallen 64.6% since, to $307 in 2025.
Across 16 payments — averaging $78.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$740
- Novo Nordisk$143
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$125
- Johnson & Johnson$112
- Davol Inc.$51
- Convatec Inc.$40
- plus $52 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$64151%
- Food & beverage$62249%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $740 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $143 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $112 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$616
- Zynrelef$125
- Wegovy$125
How this compares
$1,263 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 130 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 19 | $187 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 18 | $155 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $94 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 11 | $94 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 43 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Shreveport
- Courtney MoseleyShreveport$33K
- Molly DayShreveport$2K
- Olivia GoldmanShreveport$951
- Mary MayShreveport$765
- Charles TisdaleShreveport$760
- Peter NguyenShreveport$706
- Jennifer PikerLafayette$11K
- Richard TubbsNew Orleans$9K
- Brandie HenryBaton Rouge$6K
- David SepulvedaGonzales$6K
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.