Pratibha Rayapati
Obstetrics & Gynecology · New Orleans, LANPI 1225456486
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (36.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 71.4% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,962 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $148 in 2025.
Across 94 payments — averaging $54.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$263
- AbbVie$259
- Pfizer$191
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$148
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$110
- plus $502 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,89537%
- Food & beverage$1,76334%
- Education$1,50029%
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 | 23 | $3,683 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 11 | $263 |
| AbbVie | 15 | $259 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $191 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $148 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 7 | $110 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $68 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 3 | $59 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $50 |
| Millicent US Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Organon | 2 | $34 |
| Bayer | 2 | $30 |
| BD | 1 | $17 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $15 |
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$1,976
- DAVINCI XI$1,500
- INTEGRA$445
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$148
- PRIMATRIX$148
How this compares
$5,158 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 608 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 21 | $1,000 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in New Orleans
- Veronica GillispieNew Orleans$117K
- Earl PeeperNew Orleans$95K
- George MorrisNew Orleans$34K
- Janifer TropezNew Orleans$27K
- Roeland VanopijnenNew Orleans$19K
- Robin BoneNew Orleans$18K
- Diana DangNew Orleans$17K
- Jennifer BrunetNew Orleans$11K
- Julie TaggartNew Orleans$10K
- Candace MooreNew Orleans$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.