James Kyle
Orthopaedic Surgery · Lafayette, LANPI 1285876359
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $76,465 of the $110,752 with a category attached, or 69.0%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 97.4% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $71,968, more than ten times the $2,419 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery 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 199 payments — averaging $556.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$108K
- Stryker$980
- Medtronic$540
- Smith+Nephew$478
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$305
- Abiomed$214
- plus $393 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,28912%
- Travel & lodging$16,25615%
- Food & beverage$4,7434%
- Education$76,46569%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 156 | $107,841 |
| Stryker | 12 | $980 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $540 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $478 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $305 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $214 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $81 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $74 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $44 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $15 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Avenir$64,926
- G7$49,738
- ROSA$24,871
- Taperloc$11,750
- ROSA-Knee$2,596
- MAKO$551
- AQUAMANTYS$508
- Persona$395
- COMBOGESIC IV$305
- Fuzion 4-in-1 0 Deg Welded Spacer L$143
- Regeneten$138
- Knees-None$121
- Meniscal Root Repair System$121
- ZIPSEAL 24 SURGICAL SKIN CLOSURE KIT$116
- NOVOSTITCH PRO$100
How this compares
$110,752 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 434 | $1,316 |
| Gabapentin | 119 | $1,065 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 107 | $501 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 175 | $334 |
| Cefadroxil | 51 | $282 |
| Dexamethasone | 52 | $271 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $255 |
| Celecoxib | 18 | $146 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 57 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Lafayette
- Brian EtierLafayette$55K
- Matthew WilliamsLafayette$40K
- Julio PetilonLafayette$17K
- Thomas WoodLafayette$15K
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Neil MakiThibodaux$620K
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
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.