Carla Thurston, MD
Internal Medicine · Morgan City, LANPI 1083874929
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 46 payments — averaging $15.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$100
- Amgen$86
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$83
- AstraZeneca$74
- AbbVie$59
- Smith+Nephew$55
- plus $260 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$67494%
- Education$436%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $100 |
| Amgen | 6 | $86 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $74 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $59 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $55 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $43 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $43 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| GSK | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$717 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 144 | $146,887 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 65 | $61,874 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 36 | $39,222 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 38 | $34,709 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 17 | $29,649 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 29 | $28,048 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 26 | $25,702 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 19 | $17,644 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 20 | $14,035 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 24 | $13,780 |
| Xultophy 100-3.6Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide | 11 | $12,981 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 18 | $9,977 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 87 | $9,801 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 11 | $8,799 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 13 | $6,885 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $25 | $164,531163 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Stiolto Respimat, Synjardy Xr | $15 | $107,405123 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $43 | $68,87153 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Xultophy 100-3.6 | $43 | $41,03040 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $74 | $34,70938 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $59 | $11,97054 claims |
| GSKAnoro Ellipta | $15 | $6,68714 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 60th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine providers in Louisiana.
Other internal medicine in Morgan City
- William SmithNew Orleans$50.5M
- Robert JeanfreauMetairie$13.4M
- Katherine PearceBaton Rouge$12M
- Ernest ThompsonBaker$2.1M
- Brian LewisNew Orleans$2M
- Otis BarnumNatchitoches$1.8M
- Satinder SainiCrowley$1.8M
- Randall MillerEunice$1.2M
- Donna RyanBaton Rouge$991K
- Steven DeitelzweigNew Orleans$939K
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.