Diagnostic Radiology in Louisiana
418 providers, $585,528 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $69.
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 diagnostic radiology clinicians in Louisiana
Across 363 diagnostic radiology clinicians in Louisiana who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $38,068,215 in total — an average of $104,871 each, of which $104,696 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
- 1James GrudenNew Orleans$171,102
- 2James RuizBaton Rouge$105,152
- 3Ankit PansaraNew Orleans$28,481
- 4Eric RubinNew Orleans$24,309
- 5Richard TramelNew Orleans$23,055
- 6Dennis KayCovington$19,055
- 7David AllevaBaton Rouge$14,640
- 8John GrezaffiBaton Rouge$12,206
- 9William DawsonMarrero$11,280
- 10Michael DantonioMarrero$10,409
- 11Mary EzellNew Orleans$10,004
- 12Guillermo SangsterShreveport$8,247
- 13Bahri UstunsozNew Orleans$8,079
- 14Sean ObrienMetairie$7,625
- 15Raman DanradNew Orleans$6,259
- 16Dane MackeyBaton Rouge$5,820
- 17Ryan MajoriaBaton Rouge$5,440
- 18Robert DawsonMarrero$4,893
- 19Blaine HoppeLafayette$4,213
- 20Andrew MarsalaShreveport$3,507
- 21John BarrazaBaton Rouge$3,360
- 22Andrew StevenNew Orleans$3,331
- 23Gregory CarbonellaNew Orleans$2,881
- 24Vilert LovingNew Orleans$2,858
- 25Ernest RudmanNew Orleans$2,456
- 26Dwayne AndersonBaton Rouge$2,390
- 27Wendy GervaisGray$2,378
- 28Blake McGeheeMonroe$2,359
- 29Benjamin KunenNew Orleans$2,099
- 30Dana SmethermanCovington$2,082
- 31Michael BarnidgeMonroe$2,017
- 32Bruce BordleeLake Charles$1,964
- 33Edward HernandezHammond$1,806
- 34Cecelia BrewingtonNew Orleans$1,800
- 35Christian ScheuermannAlexandria$1,787
- 36John BalartMarrero$1,664
- 37Brian DupreeShreveport$1,543
- 38Aaron BurginShreveport$1,512
- 39David GalambosNew Orleans$1,346
- 40Richard TuplerNew Orleans$1,308
- 41Richard MartinezLake Charles$1,291
- 42Devan MoodyBaton Rouge$1,255
- 43Stephen QuinetNew Orleans$1,183
- 44Viet VuNew Orleans$1,157
- 45Richard VanderbrookCovington$1,118
- 46Austin EvansNew Orleans$1,071
- 47Michael AllineMarrero$1,035
- 48Anandraj KanwarNew Orleans$1,007
- 49Michael HallCovington$991
- 50Scott SchuberBaton Rouge$983
- 51Cynthia HanemannNew Orleans$973
- 52David TheriotMarrero$961
- 53David St GermainMetairie$919
- 54Brett RobertsNew Orleans$858
- 55Jay HelgasonMarrero$802
- 56Gerard BallancoOpelousas$801
- 57Joseph HortonLafayette$768
- 58Carlos PreviglianoShreveport$761
- 59Jay FakierShreveport$757
- 60John BeckNew Orleans$747