Colon & Rectal Surgery in Louisiana
39 providers, $335,498 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $4,339.
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 colon & rectal surgery clinicians in Louisiana
Across 28 colon & rectal surgery clinicians in Louisiana who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $1,680,788 in total — an average of $60,028 each, of which $60,028 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
- 1Jennifer ParuchNew Orleans$62,506
- 2Andrew WernerShreveport$22,028
- 3Charles WhitlowNew Orleans$21,800
- 4Brielle HebertShreveport$21,753
- 5Jennifer SilinskyMetairie$21,281
- 6Elyse Bevier-RawlsNew Orleans$17,968
- 7Louis BarfieldBaton Rouge$17,334
- 8Sarah BakerMarrero$16,893
- 9Danielle KayNew Orleans$15,696
- 10William JohnstonNew Orleans$14,628
- 11Valentine NfonsamNew Orleans$14,606
- 12Kelly FinanBaton Rouge$12,662
- 13Matthew ZelhartMetairie$10,240
- 14Brian KannNew Orleans$9,985
- 15Ray DaughertyBaton Rouge$9,859
- 16Nathan HiteBaton Rouge$9,082
- 17Jaclyn IsabellaBaton Rouge$6,009
- 18Matthew GigliaBaton Rouge$5,317
- 19Guy OrangioNew Orleans$4,449
- 20Sean MayfieldMetairie$4,339
- 21Michael HoraistLafayette$3,473
- 22Richard ByrdBaton Rouge$2,651
- 23Herschel VargasNew Orleans$2,337
- 24Lindsey GadeNew Orleans$1,883
- 25Danielle DooleyNew Orleans$1,624
- 26Michael StrattonShreveport$1,280
- 27Steven SchuetzNew Orleans$910
- 28Brian CarrBaton Rouge$850
- 29Bradley ChampagneLafayette$611
- 30Terrell HicksNew Orleans$243
- 31Kenneth ChampagneLafayette$235
- 32Matthew BoudreauxLafayette$223
- 33William GrimesShreveport$205
- 34Hildreth McCarthyMetairie$135
- 35David MargolinNew Orleans$92
- 36Jeffrey GriffinMetairie$90
- 37Jay JhunjhunwalaBaton Rouge$78
- 38Joseph MarrazzoAlexandria$72
- 39Philip ColeShreveport$71