Seth Christian, MD
Anesthesiology · Lacombe, LANPI 1992980718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,856 of the $2,229 with a category attached, or 83.3%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 33.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,981 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $20 in 2024. Among anesthesiology 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 56 payments — averaging $39.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$755
- Boston Scientific$526
- Nevro Corp.$204
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$169
- Abiomed$125
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$79
- plus $371 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$37317%
- Food & beverage$1,85683%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 10 | $755 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $526 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $204 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 7 | $169 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $125 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 4 | $68 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $31 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $20 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Axium INS DRG IPG$475
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$429
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$131
- Impella$125
- BELBUCA$116
How this compares
$2,229 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 497 anesthesiology 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.
Other anesthesiology in Lacombe
- Keith MayfieldShreveport$32K
- John GuilliotNew Orleans$32K
- Brian CrenshawBenton$26K
- Caroline CarrollShreveport$26K
- Aya MouhaffelShreveport$20K
- Richard FairShreveport$17K
- Sebastian PartesottiMarrero$16K
- Wendy BernsteinShreveport$16K
- Luke MoselShreveport$14K
- Reena JohnMetairie$14K
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.