Arthur Cooler, MD
Surgery · Columbia, SCNPI 1326078890
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Shockwave Medical, Inc accounts for 65.1% of it on its own, with 42 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $16,459 and has fallen 81.1% since, to $3,105 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in SC 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 146 payments — averaging $174.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$17K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Cook Medical LLC$728
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$642
- Philips North America LLC$383
- plus $3K from 37 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,20052%
- Travel & lodging$5,28221%
- Food & beverage$6,98327%
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.
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.
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$15,893
- Indigo System$2,336
- Stravix$713
- VERSAJET II$632
- Renasys$632
- Grafix$632
- PICO$632
- Oasis$632
- Zilver PTX$448
- Vascular Lithotripsy$300
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$260
- Diamondback Peripheral$240
- IGT D Peripheral$232
- Irrisept$189
- LUTONIX$145
- Lasers$144
- XARACOLL$137
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$134
- Enseal X1$121
- Restrata Wound Matrix$114
How this compares
$25,466 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 553 surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 13 | $6,488 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 165 | $1,337 |
| Pentoxifylline | 31 | $795 |
| Cilostazol | 41 | $789 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $187 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 23 | $163 |
| Gabapentin | 37 | $141 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 17 | $117 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $104 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $293 | $6,48813 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 95th percentile of 553 surgery providers in South Carolina.
Other surgery in Columbia
- Kurt FichtnerColumbia$22K
- Christopher WatsonColumbia$21K
- David MoffatColumbia$21K
- Jacob HesseyColumbia$18K
- Michael FitzgeraldColumbia$16K
- Ratnakishore PallapothuColumbia$14K
- Ari KramerSpartanburg$502K
- Chitharanjan PullattranaCharleston$408K
- John ScottGreenville$242K
- Jason CundiffGreenville$235K
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.