Francis Cardinale, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Lafayette, LANPI 1104826627
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 53.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,507, 8.4 times the $656 reported in 2019. Among obstetrics & gynecology 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 252 payments — averaging $36.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- AbbVie$678
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$485
- Pfizer$481
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$368
- Avion Pharmaceuticals$285
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3123%
- Food & beverage$4,23246%
- Education$4,64251%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 12 | $4,929 |
| AbbVie | 39 | $678 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 23 | $485 |
| Pfizer | 32 | $481 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 22 | $368 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 17 | $285 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 10 | $166 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 8 | $151 |
| Organon | 7 | $137 |
| Amgen | 7 | $131 |
| Bayer | 8 | $129 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 8 | $118 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $111 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| BD | 3 | $91 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 4 | $81 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Merck | 4 | $59 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Millicent US Inc | 3 | $53 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $34 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $30 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 2 | $25 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $25 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Biogen | 1 | $16 |
| Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$4,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$262
How this compares
$9,186 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 608 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 180 | $8,198 |
| Estradiol (Once Weekly)Estradiol | 23 | $1,964 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 67 | $1,480 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 17 | $1,168 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 47 | $761 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 34 | $629 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 11 | $497 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 43 | $480 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 19 | $302 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 17 | $300 |
| Fluconazole | 14 | $63 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $13 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Lafayette
- Russell PhelpsLafayette$31K
- Rachelle MeauxLafayette$31K
- Amanda AlleynLafayette$15K
- Jennifer PuglieseLafayette$14K
- Nicole HarperLafayette$13K
- Mika KingLafayette$9K
- John VoltzLafayette$7K
- Charles PadgettLafayette$6K
- Veronica GillispieNew Orleans$117K
- Rachel Bezdekla Place$105K
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.