Amarendar Kasarla, MD
Anesthesiology · Lafayette, LANPI 1104813260
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 77 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 36.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $553 and has fallen 55.1% since, to $249 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 77 payments — averaging $29.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$836
- Medtronic$516
- Nevro Corp.$215
- Boston Scientific$208
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$128
- Acacia Pharma Inc$105
- plus $271 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,279100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 20 | $836 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 29 | $516 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $215 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $208 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $128 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $105 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $71 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Stryker | 1 | $17 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$286
- Proclaim IPG$146
- ETERNA$141
- Intracept$129
- Abre$114
- BYFAVO$105
- Evoke$103
How this compares
$2,279 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 497 anesthesiology providers in Louisiana.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 926 | $24,037 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 446 | $12,805 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 471 | $12,617 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 30 | $11,674 |
| Betamethasone Diprop AugmentedBetamethasone/Propylene Glyc | 51 | $6,371 |
| Fentanyl | 65 | $4,835 |
| Gabapentin | 481 | $4,402 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 71 | $4,245 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $3,461 |
| Lidocaine | 56 | $3,342 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 138 | $3,248 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 289 | $2,648 |
| Pregabalin | 164 | $2,492 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 75 | $2,315 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 217 | $1,520 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Lafayette
- Matthew MitchellLafayette$5K
- Danielle BabbLafayette$3K
- William DedoLafayette$2K
- Sanjiv JindiaLafayette$816
- Keith MayfieldShreveport$32K
- John GuilliotNew Orleans$32K
- Brian CrenshawBenton$26K
- Caroline CarrollShreveport$26K
- Aya MouhaffelShreveport$20K
- Richard FairShreveport$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.