Andrew Cooper, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Clearwater, FLNPI 1710188479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.7%), other and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $50,021,802 and has fallen 94.2% since, to $2,905,357 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 331 payments — averaging $308,024 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$101.5M
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$443K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Stryker$508
- Zimmer Biomet$166
- Smith+Nephew$161
- plus $318 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$434,9910%
- Speaking & faculty fees$55,723,77555%
- Travel & lodging$6,2350%
- Food & beverage$4,4590%
- Other$45,786,33345%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 9 | $101,510,108 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 270 | $442,998 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 25 | $1,532 |
| Stryker | 4 | $508 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $166 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $161 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $32 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $30 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ACTIS$407,396
- PINNACLE$404,202
- ATTUNE$353,315
- CORAIL$3,921
- ME1000 Surgical Impactor$2,700
- Kincise Surgical Automated System$1,800
- JOINTPOINT$375
- MAKO$318
- Velys$249
- TRIATHLON$137
- VELYS Hip Navigation$108
- mymobility Platform$105
How this compares
$101,955,793 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Piroxicam | 11 | $2,699 |
| Amoxicillin | 225 | $546 |
| Mupirocin | 53 | $360 |
| Celecoxib | 24 | $269 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $250 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $224 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 58 | $182 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $80 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Clearwater
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
- Bryan SpringerJacksonville$6.3M
- Kenneth GustkeTemple Terrace$5.2M
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.