Stephen Salopek, MD
Internal Medicine · Lafayette, LANPI 1245241686
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 319 payments — averaging $14.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$887
- Novo Nordisk$734
- Amgen$536
- AstraZeneca$486
- Lilly USA, LLC$368
- Pfizer$237
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,760100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 70 | $887 |
| Novo Nordisk | 63 | $734 |
| Amgen | 38 | $536 |
| AstraZeneca | 27 | $486 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $368 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $237 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 15 | $213 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $179 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $114 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| GSK | 6 | $99 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $87 |
| Abbott | 4 | $81 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $76 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $43 |
| Bayer | 2 | $32 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $28 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $25 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Merck | 2 | $23 |
| Mckesson Medical-surgical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Dexcom, 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.
- XEOMIN$102
How this compares
$4,760 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 170 | $193,329 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 183 | $157,723 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 69 | $94,186 |
| EliquisApixaban | 87 | $75,051 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 72 | $62,005 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 33 | $34,516 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 34 | $31,686 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 33 | $21,653 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 23 | $20,042 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 23 | $18,508 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 14 | $16,022 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 13 | $14,023 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 27 | $12,619 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 14 | $8,912 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 669 | $7,250 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $734 | $227,845203 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Stiolto Respimat | $179 | $162,728194 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $368 | $108,20982 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $237 | $75,05187 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $486 | $62,00572 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $23 | $51,72857 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $887 | $23,964110 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $99 | $16,02214 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $15 | $8,91214 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $28 | $5,345469 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine providers in Louisiana.
Other internal medicine in Lafayette
- Bryan LebeanLafayette$53K
- Nethuja SalagundlaLafayette$32K
- Himani Reddy ManthenaLafayette$28K
- Hector RoblesLafayette$19K
- Brad BroussardLafayette$17K
- William SmithNew Orleans$50.5M
- Robert JeanfreauMetairie$13.4M
- Katherine PearceBaton Rouge$12M
- Ernest ThompsonBaker$2.1M
- Brian LewisNew Orleans$2M
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.