Nathan Hite, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1609175348
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (44.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 72.3% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,258 and has fallen 91.6% since, to $273 in 2025.
Across 102 payments — averaging $89.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Baxter Healthcare$438
- Medtronic$395
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$266
- Kerecis Limited$209
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$166
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,68319%
- Food & beverage$3,38337%
- Education$4,00044%
- Gifts$160%
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 | 17 | $6,563 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $438 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $395 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $266 |
| Kerecis Limited | 9 | $209 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 10 | $166 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 8 | $149 |
| Stryker | 1 | $142 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $91 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $60 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $54 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Merck | 2 | $41 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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$6,390
- SEPRAFILM$381
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$142
- VAC VERAFLO$129
- PREVENA$129
How this compares
$9,082 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 39 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 22 | $1,494 |
| LoperamideLoperamide Hcl | 21 | $427 |
| Hydrocortisone | 39 | $203 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 25 | $149 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $123 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $60 |
| Metronidazole | 26 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Baton Rouge
- Louis BarfieldBaton Rouge$17K
- Kelly FinanBaton Rouge$13K
- Ray DaughertyBaton Rouge$10K
- Jaclyn IsabellaBaton Rouge$6K
- Matthew GigliaBaton Rouge$5K
- Richard ByrdBaton Rouge$3K
- Brian CarrBaton Rouge$850
- Jay JhunjhunwalaBaton Rouge$78
- Jennifer ParuchNew Orleans$63K
- Andrew WernerShreveport$22K
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.