Walter Levy, MD
Urology · Metairie, LANPI 1356333199
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,768 of the $2,014 with a category attached, or 87.8%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astellas Pharma US Inc at 25.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $568 and has fallen 82.4% since, to $100 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $2,723.
Across 105 payments — averaging $19.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$512
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$238
- Johnson & Johnson$205
- Urovant Sciences Inc$159
- Coloplast$148
- AbbVie$123
- plus $628 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,76888%
- Education$24512%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 20 | $512 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 13 | $238 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $205 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 9 | $159 |
| Coloplast | 11 | $148 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $123 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 4 | $81 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $79 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $76 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Halozyme Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Bayer | 2 | $31 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $20 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,014 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 199 urology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 175 | $119,080 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 54 | $52,949 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 439 | $4,920 |
| Silodosin | 27 | $2,344 |
| Dutasteride | 82 | $2,241 |
| Testosterone | 23 | $2,133 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 46 | $1,832 |
| Finasteride | 160 | $1,757 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 32 | $1,725 |
| Trimethoprim | 28 | $1,596 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 12 | $1,578 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 19 | $1,530 |
| Estradiol | 24 | $1,148 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 46 | $476 |
| NitrofurantoinNitrofurantoin Macrocrystal | 12 | $423 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $238 | $119,080175 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $512 | $52,94954 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 35th percentile of 199 urology providers in Louisiana.
Other urology in Metairie
- Richard VanlangendonckNew Orleans$289K
- Gerard HenryBossier City$256K
- Ralph HendersonShreveport$211K
- Wayne HellstromNew Orleans$183K
- Colin GoudelockeNew Orleans$124K
- Sunil PurohitCovington$99K
- Raju ThomasNew Orleans$67K
- Louis KraneNew Orleans$62K
- Kevin HebertShreveport$54K
- Jorge CasoNew Orleans$54K
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.