Christopher Hildebrandt, PA
Physician Assistant · Destrehan, LANPI 1568040509
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $3,600 of the $4,514 with a category attached, or 79.8%. ALON Medical Technology accounts for 79.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,400 and has fallen 92.6% since, to $177 in 2025. Among physician assistant 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 22 payments — averaging $205.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ALON Medical Technology$4K
- Arthrex$596
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$125
- Vertex$120
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$39
- Vericel Corporation$17
- plus $15 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4239%
- Food & beverage$49011%
- Education$3,60080%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALON Medical Technology | 3 | $3,600 |
| Arthrex | 13 | $596 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $125 |
| Vertex | 1 | $120 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$4,514 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,246 physician assistant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 67 | $858 |
| Methocarbamol | 91 | $474 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 62 | $238 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 46 | $207 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $101 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $37 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Destrehan
- Shelly EsnardBaton Rouge$141K
- Jefferson OberleNew Orleans$66K
- Jennifer ScheuermannNew Orleans$56K
- Claire DarreJefferson$50K
- Elizabeth ClementNew Orleans$35K
- Mary Negrotto GuntherSlidell$29K
- Kristen HebertZachary$27K
- David GsellNew Orleans$26K
- Nakia BrooksNew Orleans$25K
- Savannah SanchezBaton Rouge$19K
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.