RxDoctor Payments Data

Jesse Duplechain

Otolaryngology · Lafayette, LANPI 1477522068

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $25,960 of the $29,112 with a category attached, or 89.2%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lumenis BE Inc at 60.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $14,658 and has fallen 81.4% since, to $2,731 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$29,112in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 131 payments — averaging $222.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Lumenis BE Inc$17K
  • AbbVie$10K
  • Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$1K
  • Merz North America, Inc.$444
  • Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$79
  • Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$25
  • plus $59 from 4 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$25,96089%
  • Food & beverage$3,15111%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$29,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 218 otolaryngology providers in Louisiana.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$10,026
Medicare patients
23
Services billed
218

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
ErythromycinErythromycin Base32$351
Dexamethasone35$319
ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl31$293
Gabapentin16$227
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen29$168
Cephalexin47$156
Dutasteride14$121

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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