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Karl Leblanc

Surgery · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1245320100

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.6%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 46 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 55.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $26,196 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $604 in 2025. Among surgery 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.

$54,668in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 187 payments — averaging $292.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$30K
  • Davol Inc.$11K
  • Intuitive Surgical$6K
  • TAS Medical, Inc.$1K
  • Johnson & Johnson$1K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$644
  • plus $4K from 40 others
$286,150in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 53 payments — averaging $5399.06 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Davol Inc.$132K
  • BD$90K
  • Covidien LP$35K
  • W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$19K
  • Medtronic$9K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$10,43019%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$29,86555%
  • Travel & lodging$2,0524%
  • Food & beverage$11,32121%
  • Education$1,0002%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.38$30,201
Davol Inc.20$11,462
Intuitive Surgical19$5,957
TAS Medical, Inc.10$1,273
Johnson & Johnson11$1,011
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.3$644
Covidien LP7$412
TELA Bio, Inc.4$384
Integra Lifesciences Corporation5$356
Dilon Technologies, Inc.3$321
Kerecis Limited3$271
KCI USA, Inc.2$258
Medtronic4$230
Conmed Corporation2$222
Smith+Nephew8$193
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.3$181
Endogastric Solutions, Inc1$130
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated8$123
United Therapeutics Corporation1$98
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$92
Next Science LLC1$83
Boston Scientific3$78
Medela LLC1$66
Biom'up SA1$60
Avanos Medical1$57
BD2$47
Cook Medical LLC1$41
Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited2$40
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC1$35
Stryker1$32
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.1$29
Innovation Technologies Inc1$24
Sanara Medtech Inc.1$24
Acera Surgical, Inc.1$23
Polynovo North America LLC1$23
Convatec Inc.1$21
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$20
Acell, Inc.1$19
Teleflex LLC1$18
Shire North American Group Inc1$18
Apria Healthcare LLC1$17
Redhill Biopharma Inc.1$16
Novo Nordisk1$15
Acacia Pharma Inc1$15
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$14
Coopersurgical, 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.

How this compares

$54,668 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 381 surgery providers in Louisiana.

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