Brian Etier, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lafayette, LANPI 1336467323
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.4%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc at 43.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $16,231, 3.1 times the $5,265 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery 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 108 payments — averaging $513.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc$24K
- Arthrex$16K
- ALON Medical Technology$12K
- Exactech, Inc.$2K
- Aap Implants Inc$1K
- Stryker$300
- plus $332 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,54917%
- Speaking & faculty fees$25,75046%
- Travel & lodging$7,05413%
- Food & beverage$3,0646%
- Education$10,02618%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 12 | $24,091 |
| Arthrex | 41 | $15,777 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 30 | $11,753 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 3 | $1,974 |
| Aap Implants Inc | 2 | $1,214 |
| Stryker | 12 | $300 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $94 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $87 |
| Tigon Medical LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- EQUINOXE$1,974
How this compares
$55,443 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 28 | $2,183 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 108 | $779 |
| Meloxicam | 121 | $462 |
| Celecoxib | 22 | $341 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 24 | $283 |
| Methocarbamol | 53 | $228 |
| Gabapentin | 39 | $198 |
| Methylprednisolone | 28 | $159 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $111 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $67 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 33 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lafayette
- James KyleLafayette$111K
- Matthew WilliamsLafayette$40K
- Julio PetilonLafayette$17K
- Thomas WoodLafayette$15K
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Neil MakiThibodaux$620K
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
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.