Neurological Surgery in Louisiana
116 providers, $6,160,708 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $5,328.
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 neurological surgery clinicians in Louisiana
Across 85 neurological surgery clinicians in Louisiana who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $13,074,353 in total — an average of $153,816 each, of which $153,789 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
- 1Anthony SinShreveport$1,541,636
- 2Sebastian KogaHammond$719,886
- 3Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$659,805
- 4Najeeb ThomasMetairie$439,739
- 5Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$254,628
- 6Justin OwenMarrero$201,246
- 7Daniel DenisKenner$197,769
- 8Brian KelleyLake Charles$192,644
- 9Jason CormierLafayette$178,075
- 10Christopher MaulucciNew Orleans$134,256
- 11Kelly ScrantzBaton Rouge$127,826
- 12Ravish PatwardhanShreveport$120,000
- 13John SteckMarrero$111,428
- 14Stanley HoangShreveport$88,328
- 15Erich WolfLake Charles$86,675
- 16Kendrick JohnsonNew Orleans$82,243
- 17Peter CampbellShreveport$76,386
- 18Jayme TrahanLafayette$67,531
- 19Lori SummersHammond$66,993
- 20Charles BowieBaton Rouge$59,947
- 21Jessica WildenShreveport$57,299
- 22Tyler ScullenNew Orleans$51,157
- 23Donald DietzeLacombe$47,789
- 24Aaron DumontNew Orleans$43,932
- 25Paul WaguespackBaton Rouge$42,739
- 26Mohammad AlmubaslatMandeville$35,163
- 27Sassan KeshavarziNew Orleans$33,984
- 28Lora KahnNew Orleans$24,399
- 29Lindsay LasseigneThibodaux$22,672
- 30Deepak AwasthiThibodaux$21,866
- 31Gregory FauthereeBaton Rouge$20,468
- 32Miguel MelgarNew Orleans$19,877
- 33Johnny DelashawNew Orleans$18,501
- 34Jamie TomsShreveport$16,843
- 35Adam PodetNew Orleans$14,587
- 36Derrick UmanskyNew Orleans$13,306
- 37Peter LiechtyMetairie$13,065
- 38Arthur WangNew Orleans$12,872
- 39Ahmad ElakilLafayette$12,193
- 40Marcus WareNew Orleans$11,253
- 41Matthew BurtonLake Charles$9,402
- 42Saul Morales ValeroLafayette$9,115
- 43Alan AppleyLafayette$8,328
- 44Lucien MiranneMetairie$8,323
- 45Cuong BuiNew Orleans$8,231
- 46Jorge Alvernia SilvaMonroe$8,040
- 47Jonathan RiffleNew Orleans$7,709
- 48Paul BirinyiAlexandria$7,564
- 49Gregory RubinoLake Charles$7,329
- 50Manish SinghMetairie$7,147
- 51Erin BiroNew Orleans$7,111
- 52Brandon GaynorBaton Rouge$6,993
- 53Garrett VenableBaton Rouge$6,399
- 54Sungho LeeShreveport$6,298
- 55Todd FountainLafayette$5,924
- 56Richard StangerBaton Rouge$5,669
- 57James KalyvasNew Orleans$5,571
- 58Justin HaydelMetairie$5,328
- 59Thomas FrancavillaCovington$4,840
- 60Ilyas MunshiLafayette$4,643