James Rabalais, MD
Pain Medicine · Lafayette, LANPI 1740691831
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,573 of the $10,019 with a category attached, or 75.6%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 31.6% of the total.
Across 199 payments — averaging $50.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Abbott$796
- plus $874 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,44624%
- Food & beverage$7,57376%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 64 | $3,165 |
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $1,453 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 25 | $1,337 |
| Stryker | 10 | $1,236 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $1,158 |
| Abbott | 21 | $796 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $201 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $192 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $122 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $78 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 4 | $63 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Acacia Pharma 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.
- Omnia$1,096
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$849
- SYNCHROMED$636
- Evoke$344
- ETERNA$305
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$261
- Evoke SCS$167
- Intracept$129
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$126
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$125
- PROCLAIM$113
- SPINEJACK$111
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$107
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$107
- Vyrsa V1$106
- GENERATOR$101
How this compares
$10,019 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 97 pain medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 120 | $105,925 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,721 | $43,372 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 1,350 | $39,934 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 22 | $21,774 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 51 | $21,568 |
| Gabapentin | 1,130 | $14,885 |
| Fentanyl | 104 | $12,945 |
| Pregabalin | 882 | $12,310 |
| Diflorasone Diacetate | 17 | $11,954 |
| Hysingla ErHydrocodone Bitartrate | 19 | $9,487 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 377 | $8,084 |
| Betamethasone Diprop AugmentedBetamethasone/Propylene Glyc | 55 | $7,797 |
| Lidocaine | 75 | $7,205 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 99 | $5,393 |
| Methadone Hcl | 383 | $5,343 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Lafayette
- Joseph GillespieLafayette$8K
- John FrugeLafayette$4K
- John MartinLafayette$3K
- Thomas MyersMandeville$118K
- Alan KayeNew Orleans$76K
- Derrick DeanTerrytown$68K
- Hazem EissaNew Orleans$50K
- Robert OwensNew Orleans$47K
- Gassan ChaibanLake Charles$30K
- Yashar EshraghiNew Orleans$22K
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.