Gerald Vocke, MD
Otolaryngology · Metairie, LANPI 1871597633
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 58 payments — averaging $16.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$341
- Optinose US, Inc.$170
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$109
- AbbVie$97
- Alk-abello, Inc$80
- AstraZeneca$62
- plus $124 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$984100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 26 | $341 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 10 | $170 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $109 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $97 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $80 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $62 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $38 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$984 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 218 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 117 | $3,435 |
| Cefdinir | 121 | $1,401 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 161 | $1,392 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HydrocortNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 20 | $1,067 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 76 | $1,019 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 31 | $886 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 31 | $767 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 30 | $712 |
| Prednisone | 213 | $468 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 75 | $416 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 71 | $362 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 12 | $358 |
| Azithromycin | 99 | $354 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 17 | $289 |
| Levofloxacin | 83 | $282 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Metairie
- Michael HickhamMetairie$5K
- Adil FatakiaMarrero$23.2M
- George WalkerNew Orleans$1.8M
- Maura CosettiShreveport$1.1M
- Donald GonzalesNew Orleans$351K
- Kevin McLaughlinCovington$186K
- Edward McCoulNew Orleans$151K
- Michael YimShreveport$113K
- James LinBaton Rouge$83K
- Henry BarhamBaton Rouge$63K
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.