Kenneth Blue, MD
Urology · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1154382083
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 233 payments — averaging $18.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$842
- AbbVie$787
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$497
- Johnson & Johnson$316
- Urogen Pharma, Inc.$236
- Femselect Inc.$230
- plus $1K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,18598%
- Education$902%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 57 | $842 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 51 | $787 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 23 | $497 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 27 | $316 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $236 |
| Femselect Inc. | 1 | $230 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 7 | $187 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $137 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $130 |
| Bayer | 6 | $83 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 3 | $67 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $51 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $39 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 3 | $38 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 2 | $36 |
| Novartis | 1 | $26 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Civco Medical Instruments | 1 | $23 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Agiliti Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Immunitybio, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Halozyme Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Neotract Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $17 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 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
$4,275 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 199 urology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErleadaApalutamide | 19 | $277,782 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 370 | $224,353 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 169 | $116,191 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 1,591 | $17,618 |
| Finasteride | 487 | $5,935 |
| Estradiol | 47 | $4,941 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 106 | $3,805 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 36 | $3,390 |
| Cefdinir | 143 | $2,625 |
| Silodosin | 29 | $2,518 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 56 | $2,425 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 147 | $2,137 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 108 | $1,830 |
| Tadalafil | 42 | $1,704 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 115 | $1,440 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonErleada | $316 | $277,78219 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $497 | $224,353370 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $842 | $116,191169 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 60th percentile of 199 urology providers in Louisiana.
Other urology in Baton Rouge
- Jason BridgesBaton Rouge$15K
- James MorrisBaton Rouge$8K
- Stephen VickBaton Rouge$7K
- Ralph HendersonShreveport$4M
- Kevin ClineShreveport$1.3M
- Nathan FischmanNew Orleans$1.3M
- Ashley BakerShreveport$705K
- Colin GoudelockeNew Orleans$615K
- Stephen BardotNew Orleans$572K
- Gerard HenryBossier City$489K
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.