Total Payments
$3,577
2024 Payments
$2,134
Companies
10
Transactions
33
Medicare Patients
564
Medicare Billing
$63,971
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$1,757 (49.1%)
Travel$1,471 (41.1%)
Consulting$350.00 (9.8%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,757 | 25 | 49.1% |
| Travel and Lodging | $1,471 | 7 | 41.1% |
| Consulting Fee | $350.00 | 1 | 9.8% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $1,582 | 14 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $621.87 | 4 | $0 (2024) |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $425.22 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $327.70 | 2 | $0 (2020) |
| PENTAX of America, Inc. | $242.68 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Axonics, Inc. | $149.73 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Guard Medical Inc. | $138.74 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Vioptix Inc | $42.23 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | $34.78 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| AbbVie Inc. | $12.83 | 1 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,134 | 19 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($1,343) |
| 2023 | $122.09 | 1 | Ethicon US, LLC ($122.09) |
| 2022 | $605.22 | 6 | Medtronic, Inc. ($359.15) |
| 2021 | $243.05 | 3 | Medtronic, Inc. ($145.75) |
| 2020 | $473.01 | 4 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($327.70) |
All Payment Transactions
33 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/18/2024 | Ethicon US, LLC | VISTASEAL (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $74.86 | General |
| Category: Biosurgical | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $184.31 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_ENDO | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Axonics, Inc. | Axonics (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $149.73 | General |
| Category: Urology | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $148.25 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_ENDO | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $42.16 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_ENDO | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | ORISE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $225.39 | General |
| Category: ORISE_ENDO | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | ORISE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $203.20 | General |
| Category: ORISE_ENDO | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $66.64 | General |
| 11/08/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | ORISE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $42.08 | General |
| Category: ORISE_ENDO | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.72 | General |
| Category: General - Hemostasis_ENDO | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.77 | General |
| Category: General - Hemostasis_ENDO | ||||||
| 09/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | ORISE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.68 | General |
| Category: ORISE_ENDO | ||||||
| 09/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | ORISE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $381.70 | General |
| Category: ORISE_ENDO | ||||||
| 06/03/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | INTERSTIM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $116.97 | General |
| Category: Sacral Nerve Stimulation | ||||||
| 06/02/2024 | Ethicon US, LLC | Enseal (Device), Harmonic, Echelon; Endopath | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.07 | General |
| Category: Energy | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Guard Medical Inc. | NPSEAL LARGE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $138.74 | General |
| Category: NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY | ||||||
| 03/14/2024 | Dilon Technologies, Inc. | HEMOBLAST BELLOWS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.78 | General |
| Category: HEMOSTATIC AGENT | ||||||
| 03/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.32 | General |
| Category: General - Polypectomy_ENDO | ||||||
| 01/24/2024 | PENTAX of America, Inc. | INSPIRA (Device), PENTAX Medical, PENTAX Medical | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $242.68 | General |
| Category: Gastroenterology | ||||||
| 05/25/2023 | Ethicon US, LLC | VISTASEAL (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $122.09 | General |
| Category: Biosurgical | ||||||
| 08/19/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | GI GENIUS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.15 | General |
| Category: Gastrointestinal AI | ||||||
| 08/16/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $350.00 | General |
| 08/06/2022 | Vioptix Inc | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $42.23 | General |
| Category: T. Ox Oximeter | ||||||
| 05/10/2022 | Ethicon US, LLC | Echelon Flex (Device), Echelon Circular, ETHICON | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.08 | General |
| Category: Endo-Mechanical | ||||||
| 03/24/2022 | Ethicon US, LLC | Echelon Circular (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $69.82 | General |
| Category: Endo-Mechanical | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | 241 | 265 | $168,906 | $28,020 |
| 2022 | 8 | 196 | 213 | $124,077 | $21,672 |
| 2021 | 6 | 127 | 147 | $69,719 | $14,279 |
Total Patients
564
Total Services
625
Medicare Billing
$63,971
Procedure Codes
24
All Medicare Procedures & Services
24 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45385 | Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | Facility | 2023 | 51 | 51 | $65,841 | $10,478 | 15.9% |
| 45380 | Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 41 | 41 | $50,348 | $4,624 | 9.2% |
| G0105 | Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $14,940 | $3,158 | 21.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 34 | 37 | $8,684 | $2,524 | 29.1% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $6,877 | $1,987 | 28.9% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 31 | 41 | $6,510 | $1,955 | 30.0% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $4,645 | $1,328 | 28.6% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 16 | $2,560 | $991.31 | 38.7% |
| 45330 | Diagnostic exam of lower portion of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 13 | $5,652 | $526.93 | 9.3% |
| 46600 | Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 15 | $2,849 | $448.38 | 15.7% |
| 45385 | Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | Facility | 2022 | 39 | 39 | $43,992 | $8,105 | 18.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 47 | 61 | $14,695 | $4,350 | 29.6% |
| G0105 | Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $14,110 | $2,999 | 21.3% |
| 45380 | Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 33 | 33 | $33,000 | $2,590 | 7.8% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 21 | 21 | $7,581 | $1,965 | 25.9% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 14 | $2,240 | $710.21 | 31.7% |
| 45330 | Diagnostic exam of lower portion of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 15 | $6,210 | $574.46 | 9.3% |
| 46600 | Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 13 | $2,249 | $378.87 | 16.8% |
| 45385 | Removal of polyps or growths in large bowel using an endoscope (colonoscopy) using a mechanical snare | Facility | 2021 | 20 | 20 | $22,560 | $4,182 | 18.5% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 31 | 45 | $10,815 | $3,524 | 32.6% |
| 99204 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 26 | 26 | $9,536 | $2,608 | 27.3% |
| 45380 | Biopsy of the large bowel using an endoscope (colonoscopy) | Facility | 2021 | 21 | 21 | $21,000 | $2,480 | 11.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 19 | $3,040 | $954.27 | 31.4% |
| 46600 | Diagnostic examination of the anus using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 16 | $2,768 | $530.72 | 19.2% |
About Dr. William Kethman, MD
Dr. William Kethman, MD is a Colon & Rectal Surgery healthcare provider based in New Orleans, Louisiana. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 04/05/2012. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1083970834.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. William Kethman, MD has received a total of $3,577 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,134 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 33 transactions from 10 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($1,757).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kethman has provided services to 564 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 625 services with total Medicare billing of $63,971. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 24 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Colon & Rectal Surgery
- Other Specialties Surgery
- Location New Orleans, LA
- Active Since 04/05/2012
- Last Updated 02/16/2022
- Taxonomy Code 208C00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1083970834
Products in Payments
- ORISE (Device) $981.99
- Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $327.70
- INSPIRA (Device) $242.68
- VISTASEAL (Biological) $196.95
- Axonics (Device) $149.73
- Situate (Device) $145.75
- NPSEAL LARGE (Device) $138.74
- RESOLUTION CLIP (Device) $132.48
- INTERSTIM (Device) $116.97
- CONTOUR (Device) $82.98
- Echelon Circular (Device) $69.82
- HEMOBLAST BELLOWS (Device) $34.78
- Enseal (Device) $33.07
- Echelon Flex (Device) $28.08
- ECHELON ENDOPATH (Device) $14.32
- HUMIRA (Biological) $12.83
- GI GENIUS (Device) $9.15
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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