Michael Carpenter, MD
Surgery · Covington, LANPI 1053312231
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $2,500 of the $3,954 with a category attached, or 63.2%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 94.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,688 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $16 in 2024.
Across 22 payments — averaging $179.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$59
- Shire North American Group Inc$56
- Biom'up France SAS$45
- Novo Nordisk$16
- Mozarc Medical US LLC$16
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$66417%
- Food & beverage$79020%
- Education$2,50063%
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 | 12 | $3,747 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $56 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $45 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Mozarc Medical US LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,632
How this compares
$3,954 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 381 surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Covington
- Ralph CorsettiCovington$29K
- James RedmannCovington$21K
- Jacob DaigleCovington$14K
- Matthew FrenchCovington$12K
- John TaborBaton Rouge$567K
- Carlos GalvaniNew Orleans$352K
- Mark HausmannBaton Rouge$250K
- Joseph BuellNew Orleans$186K
- Daryl MarxBaton Rouge$157K
- Matias NautsLake Charles$112K
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.