Anatomic Pathology in Louisiana
17 providers, $18,458 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays anatomic pathology clinicians in Louisiana
Across 9 anatomic pathology clinicians in Louisiana who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $254,966 in total — an average of $28,330 each, of which $28,330 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1David ScollardBaton Rouge$10,240
- 2Qihui ZhaiShreveport$5,663
- 3Jehan AbdulsattarShreveport$931
- 4James CotelingamShreveport$368
- 5Kerri SantiagoLafayette$317
- 6Barry FaustNew Orleans$287
- 7Randall BassHouma$110
- 8Tong WuNew Orleans$97
- 9Richard DemossMetairie$87
- 10Brigitte DemossHouma$87
- 11Xinyu WuSlidell$69
- 12Marjorie FowlerShreveport$68
- 13Rebecca PhillipsNew Orleans$60
- 14Yunshin YehShreveport$28
- 15Jane DryPineville$21
- 16Warren GraftonShreveport$13
- 17Deepti ShuklaShreveport$12