Robert Leblanc, MD
Hand Surgery · Lafayette, LANPI 1639398969
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $1,376 of the $1,853 with a category attached, or 74.3%. ALON Medical Technology accounts for 74.3% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,394 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $109 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $2,516.
Across 20 payments — averaging $92.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ALON Medical Technology$1K
- Stryker$136
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$69
- Bioventus LLC$68
- Abbott$45
- Globus Medical$45
- plus $113 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$47626%
- Education$1,37674%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $1,376 |
| Stryker | 2 | $136 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $69 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $68 |
| Abbott | 3 | $45 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $45 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $20 |
| Advanced Accelerator Applications | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 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.
- MAKO$113
How this compares
$1,853 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 29 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 53 | $139 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Lafayette
- Sagar ShahLafayette$7K
- Bryce FugarinoLafayette$6K
- Leslie SiscoNew Orleans$169K
- Mark DodsonAlexandria$28K
- Ryan BlissBaton Rouge$11K
- Diego MirandaBossier City$10K
- Nicholas PappasMetairie$9K
- Cameron BestMonroe$8K
- Brandon DonnellyMetairie$8K
- Brent McCartyCovington$7K
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.