Shauna Levy, MD
Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1740535293
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.5%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 42.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $16,102 and has fallen 92.1% since, to $1,266 in 2025. Among surgery 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 121 payments — averaging $273.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$14K
- Johnson & Johnson$13K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
- Merck$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$711
- Novo Nordisk$676
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,40343%
- Travel & lodging$3,0309%
- Food & beverage$4,66414%
- Education$11,00033%
- Gifts$280%
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 | 39 | $14,014 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 17 | $12,592 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $2,338 |
| Merck | 2 | $1,250 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $711 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $676 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $320 |
| Teleflex LLC | 5 | $294 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $180 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $92 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $86 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $64 |
| Vertex | 2 | $63 |
| Endolumik, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $24 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
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$10,076
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- Zynrelef$2,250
- LINX Reflux Management System$734
- Wegovy$247
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$234
- Harmonic$127
- Echelon Flex$127
- Enseal$127
- Ovitex$121
- Enseal X1 5mm$110
- TITAN SGS STANDARD GASTRIC STAPLER$106
How this compares
$33,125 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 381 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 12 | $133 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in New Orleans
- Carlos GalvaniNew Orleans$352K
- Joseph BuellNew Orleans$186K
- Michael CookNew Orleans$84K
- Douglas SlakeyNew Orleans$81K
- Ian HodgdonNew Orleans$38K
- Adwoa Opoku-BoatengNew Orleans$30K
- Ari CohenNew Orleans$28K
- Mohamed-Aly BakeerNew Orleans$27K
- William KethmanNew Orleans$27K
- Jacquelyn TurnerNew Orleans$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.