Laura Cordes, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Newport News, VANPI 1609860998
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $11,264 of the $15,965 with a category attached, or 70.6%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 89.7% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $10,053 and has fallen 96.5% since, to $352 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in VA 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.
Across 98 payments — averaging $162.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$14K
- AbbVie$524
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$185
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$109
- Biogen$100
- Pfizer$86
- plus $644 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,88012%
- Food & beverage$2,82118%
- Education$11,26471%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 22 | $14,318 |
| AbbVie | 28 | $524 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $185 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $109 |
| Biogen | 1 | $100 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $86 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Bayer | 3 | $59 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 3 | $51 |
| Organon | 3 | $40 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $39 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $35 |
| Meditrina | 2 | $24 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Stryker | 1 | $23 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $16 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $12 |
| Lupin 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
$15,965 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 992 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 118 | $6,979 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 14 | $1,585 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 20 | $848 |
| Estradiol (Once Weekly)Estradiol | 11 | $593 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 11 | $493 |
| Nystatin-TriamcinoloneNystatin/Triamcinolone Acet | 16 | $374 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 11 | $217 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 15 | $183 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 13 | $95 |
| Fluconazole | 12 | $48 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Newport News
- Jeffrey MorrisonNewport News$27K
- Karen FishNewport News$19K
- Norma Jones-IvesNewport News$10K
- Branden DeyerleNewport News$10K
- Katherine HilsingerNewport News$10K
- Jawwad KhanNewport News$8K
- Thomas KimbleNorfolk$286K
- Jack AyoubLeesburg$279K
- Kurian ThottStafford$216K
- Nina SmithHarrisonburg$199K
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.