Parker Velargo
Facial Plastic Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1003080201
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $121,360 of the $139,739 with a category attached, or 86.8%. Galderma Laboratories, L.p. accounts for 82.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $46,579 and has fallen 52.5% since, to $22,135 in 2025.
Across 195 payments — averaging $716.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$116K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$20K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$708
- Merz North America, Inc.$394
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$220
- plus $144 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,7503%
- Speaking & faculty fees$121,36087%
- Travel & lodging$10,7518%
- Food & beverage$3,8783%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 135 | $115,807 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 19 | $20,436 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 9 | $2,029 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 17 | $708 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 5 | $394 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 8 | $220 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $123 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
- DAXXIFY$20,000
- BOTOX COSMETIC$137
- XEOMIN$132
- Omni Max$123
- BOTOX$121
How this compares
Too few facial plastic surgery providers in Louisianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 28 | $180 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $125 |
| Cephalexin | 27 | $86 |
| Acyclovir | 19 | $77 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 18 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other facial plastic surgery in New Orleans
- Rizwan AslamNew Orleans$7K
- Homer GrahamNew Orleans$2K
- Robert PedenNew Orleans$740
- Alyssa OvaittNew Orleans$512
- Lindsey PenningtonShreveport$420K
- James ConnollyMandeville$4K
- Paige KennedyLafayette$2K
- Adam HoneybrookLafayette$392
- Ruth OwensMetairie$38
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.