Edward Yerger, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Lafayette, LANPI 1053317693
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $28,900 of the $38,744 with a category attached, or 74.6%. Stryker accounts for 99.3% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $17,488 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $186 in 2025.
Across 101 payments — averaging $383.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$38K
- Bioventus LLC$108
- Johnson & Johnson$104
- ALON Medical Technology$45
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$19
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,90075%
- Travel & lodging$7,01018%
- Food & beverage$2,8357%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 90 | $38,468 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $108 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $104 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $45 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
Too few orthopedic surgery providers in Louisianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 13 | $115 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopedic surgery in Lafayette
- John SchutteLafayette$35
- Luis EspinozaKenner$11K
- Joseph BoucreeSlidell$7K
- Michael HollandJennings$4K
- Robert NicholsonHammond$1K
- Thomas LyonsKenner$1K
- Paul van DeventerMandeville$1K
- Carl GoodmanShreveport$401
- Douglas BernardNew Iberia$0
- Ronald SylvestBaton Rouge$0
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.