Nicole Harper, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Lafayette, LANPI 1598907297
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (57.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 68.5% of it on its own, with 37 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,657 and has fallen 93.8% since, to $597 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology 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.
Across 236 payments — averaging $56.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- AbbVie$449
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$379
- Caldera Medical, Inc$376
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$355
- Johnson & Johnson$343
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,0528%
- Food & beverage$4,57134%
- Education$7,73258%
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 | $9,149 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $449 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 31 | $379 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 2 | $376 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 13 | $355 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $343 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 14 | $251 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $231 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 8 | $220 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 10 | $200 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 9 | $134 |
| Millicent US Inc | 7 | $133 |
| Lupin Inc. | 8 | $125 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 6 | $119 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $105 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 2 | $86 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Organon | 5 | $57 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Merck | 3 | $43 |
| Bayer | 3 | $42 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $37 |
| Renovia Inc | 2 | $32 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $29 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $25 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Meditrina | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medicem 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.
- DAVINCI XI$7,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,161
- Desara$376
How this compares
$13,355 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 608 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 18 | $1,270 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Lafayette
- Russell PhelpsLafayette$31K
- Rachelle MeauxLafayette$31K
- Amanda AlleynLafayette$15K
- Jennifer PuglieseLafayette$14K
- Mika KingLafayette$9K
- Francis CardinaleLafayette$9K
- John VoltzLafayette$7K
- Charles PadgettLafayette$6K
- Veronica GillispieNew Orleans$117K
- Rachel Bezdekla Place$105K
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.