Robert White, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Monroe, LANPI 1104836436
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $13,572 of the $21,093 with a category attached, or 64.3%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 97.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $15,231 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $31 in 2025.
Across 64 payments — averaging $329.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$21K
- Artivion, Inc.$205
- Conmed Corporation$99
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$93
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$31
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$25
- plus $56 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,58222%
- Food & beverage$2,90914%
- Education$13,57264%
- Gifts$300%
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 | 53 | $20,584 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $205 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $99 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $93 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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$18,960
- On-X$205
- BioGlue$205
How this compares
$21,093 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 75 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) 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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Monroe
- Sarah AhmadMonroe$58K
- Richard DearmanMonroe$32K
- Edgar FeinbergMonroe$2K
- Richard GitterMetairie$1.5M
- Emily CassidyBaton Rouge$1.3M
- David AllieLafayette$666K
- Vern KellerLafayette$394K
- Aditya BansalNew Orleans$140K
- Daniel BecklesLake Charles$80K
- Nicholas LeblancBaton Rouge$70K
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.