Adam Eppler, MD
Surgery · Ocean Springs, MSNPI 1326484312
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (47.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 36.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,192, 3.5 times the $2,353 reported in 2019. Among surgery clinicians in MS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 152 payments — averaging $116.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Intuitive Surgical$6K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Artivion, Inc.$453
- LSI Solutions Inc$407
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,37447%
- Food & beverage$6,87939%
- Education$2,50014%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 47 | $6,446 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 27 | $5,886 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 16 | $1,531 |
| Abiomed | 27 | $1,407 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 9 | $453 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $407 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $376 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $331 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $152 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $142 |
| BD | 3 | $118 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $115 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Abbott | 1 | $102 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $31 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $25 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $19 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $17 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$4,916
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,845
- DAVINCI XI$2,500
- Impella$627
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$544
- COR KNOT$407
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$376
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$213
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$179
- Echelon Flex$165
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$165
- Octopus$160
- CONMED SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL$142
- AIRSEAL$142
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$125
- Penditure$123
- TISSEEL$122
- Epic$102
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$101
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$100
How this compares
$17,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 223 surgery providers in Mississippi.
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.
Other surgery in Ocean Springs
- Jason WilliamsOcean Springs$106K
- David BaileyGulfport$491K
- Daniel ForeSouthaven$254K
- Laura VickJackson$77K
- Juvonda HodgeJackson$77K
- Richard McAdoryTupelo$39K
- Andy HolleyCorinth$38K
- Terry PinsonTupelo$35K
- Jonathan CarrollJackson$33K
- Andrew MalletteJackson$29K
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.