Thomas Sanders, MD
Family Medicine · West Monroe, LANPI 1790313906
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 146 payments — averaging $18.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$456
- AbbVie$367
- Novo Nordisk$335
- GSK$177
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$168
- Pfizer$148
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,707100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $456 |
| AbbVie | 24 | $367 |
| Novo Nordisk | 19 | $335 |
| GSK | 10 | $177 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 8 | $168 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $148 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $134 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $129 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $100 |
| Amgen | 5 | $90 |
| Bayer | 5 | $81 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $74 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Abbott | 2 | $39 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $29 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,707 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,469 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 25 | $246 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 14 | $235 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $192 |
| Cephalexin | 45 | $180 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $180 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 21 | $159 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $128 |
| Methylprednisolone | 21 | $125 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 14 | $110 |
| Methocarbamol | 12 | $98 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 14 | $76 |
| Azithromycin | 27 | $75 |
| Lisinopril | 12 | $67 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $56 |
| Prednisone | 38 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in West Monroe
- Cesar GonzalesWest Monroe$94K
- Clinton GuilloryMonroe$18.5M
- Jason MorrisLake Charles$18M
- Michael SeepLake Charles$9.1M
- William NaboursLake Charles$3M
- Ramon VargasKenner$2.1M
- Stephen JonesNew Orleans$513K
- Joshua WhatleyLake Charles$366K
- Richard JeansonneMandeville$362K
- Kristen ThomasNew Orleans$361K
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.