Obstetrics & Gynecology in Louisiana
608 providers, $1,873,481 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $1,022.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in Louisiana
Across 356 obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in Louisiana who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $5,197,870 in total — an average of $14,601 each, of which $12,123 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Veronica GillispieNew Orleans$116,861
- 2Rachel Bezdekla Place$104,698
- 3Earl PeeperNew Orleans$95,414
- 4Thomas PayneBaton Rouge$84,261
- 5Catherine VanderloosShreveport$54,809
- 6George MorrisNew Orleans$34,409
- 7Russell PhelpsLafayette$31,445
- 8Rachelle MeauxLafayette$30,791
- 9Leonard BlantonBossier City$27,848
- 10Janifer TropezNew Orleans$27,268
- 11Joanna PooleShreveport$24,451
- 12Ricky PaulShreveport$23,724
- 13Joseph DiggsBaton Rouge$22,350
- 14Samuel AlexanderMetairie$19,380
- 15Roeland VanopijnenNew Orleans$19,053
- 16Amanda WilliamsBossier City$18,315
- 17Robin BoneNew Orleans$17,947
- 18Diana DangNew Orleans$16,747
- 19Moshood OlatinwoNatchitoches$16,365
- 20Amanda AlleynLafayette$15,310
- 21Jennifer PuglieseLafayette$14,242
- 22Nicole HarperLafayette$13,355
- 23Monty HeinenEunice$12,706
- 24Jennifer BrunetNew Orleans$11,275
- 25Erin GullattShreveport$11,181
- 26Joseph SemienLake Charles$11,088
- 27James RobertsonShreveport$10,768
- 28Julie TaggartNew Orleans$10,315
- 29Vu VuongGretna$9,434
- 30Brent HemeltHouma$9,287
- 31Mika KingLafayette$9,282
- 32Francis CardinaleLafayette$9,186
- 33Candace MooreNew Orleans$9,077
- 34Geoffrey GillenGretna$8,980
- 35Julie LandryCovington$8,930
- 36John HaynesShreveport$8,633
- 37Rachel SpearsMarrero$8,584
- 38Taylar Childress-MckeithenBaton Rouge$8,560
- 39Martin AvilesNatchitoches$8,251
- 40Kim Anh TranMarrero$8,136
- 41Alice BabstLake Charles$8,082
- 42Eugenio LabadieMarrero$7,750
- 43Andrew JonesNew Orleans$7,556
- 44John VoltzLafayette$7,352
- 45Jamie HymelCovington$7,343
- 46Upendra KulkarniMamou$7,145
- 47Rachael CresapAlexandria$6,924
- 48Kristy WaltmanShreveport$6,841
- 49Johnathan WiseThibodaux$6,752
- 50Kelly BrewsterCovington$6,639
- 51Adrienne WilliamsWest Monroe$6,521
- 52Daniel MokryCovington$6,248
- 53James BrownLake Charles$6,145
- 54Nicole ChauvinBaton Rouge$6,143
- 55Katherine WilliamsCovington$6,105
- 56John McCrossenKenner$6,061
- 57Amber ShemwellMonroe$6,000
- 58Amanda DeadmondHammond$5,989
- 59Natchez MoriceMorgan City$5,773
- 60Charles PadgettLafayette$5,719