Jacques Gaudet, MD
Otolaryngology · Thibodaux, LANPI 1750573994
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,220 of the $5,421 with a category attached, or 77.9%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 37.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,754 and has fallen 51.7% since, to $847 in 2025.
Across 146 payments — averaging $37.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Acclarent, Inc$1K
- Optinose US, Inc.$436
- GSK$359
- Stryker$249
- Organogenesis Inc.$161
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,20122%
- Food & beverage$4,22078%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 20 | $2,024 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 34 | $1,109 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 28 | $436 |
| GSK | 16 | $359 |
| Stryker | 4 | $249 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 4 | $161 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $136 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $114 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $76 |
| Hill Dermaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $51 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $39 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $35 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $35 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $27 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Apria Healthcare LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Vivaer RF Stylus$1,343
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$147
- TruDi Nav Cable$143
- VivAer$142
- RhinAer$142
- VIVAER STYLUS$131
- RHINAER STYLUS$131
- Inspire$122
- NUCALA$119
- SCOPIS ENT$118
- TruDi Navigation System$103
- Affinity$100
How this compares
$5,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Famotidine | 621 | $6,807 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 267 | $6,676 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 383 | $5,126 |
| Omeprazole | 197 | $2,279 |
| Ofloxacin | 75 | $1,392 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 40 | $1,050 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 82 | $1,022 |
| Methylprednisolone | 136 | $981 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 87 | $944 |
| Mupirocin | 83 | $641 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 81 | $557 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 58 | $452 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 27 | $432 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 33 | $347 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 20 | $283 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Thibodaux
- Justin TenneyThibodaux$12K
- Nicholas SorrelThibodaux$5K
- James BroussardThibodaux$5K
- Patrick SpillerThibodaux$3K
- Donald GonzalesNew Orleans$351K
- Kevin McLaughlinCovington$186K
- Adil FatakiaMarrero$148K
- Edward McCoulNew Orleans$92K
- Michael YimShreveport$77K
- Maura CosettiShreveport$64K
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.