Christopher Cunningham, MD
Vascular Surgery · Florence, SCNPI 1558351122
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.9%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. at 48.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,377 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $346 in 2024.
Across 108 payments — averaging $124.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$7K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$4K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$687
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$678
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$409
- Medtronic$154
- plus $872 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00022%
- Travel & lodging$4,33532%
- Food & beverage$5,78543%
- Education$3803%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 23 | $6,502 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 35 | $4,196 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $687 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $678 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $409 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $154 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 9 | $150 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $122 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $113 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $110 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $52 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Merck | 3 | $47 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$3,320
- XENOSURE$3,000
- VALVULOTOM$2,741
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$2,730
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$687
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$687
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$489
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$489
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$380
- FlowTriever$355
- ClotTriever$355
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$198
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$198
- LIFESTREAM$152
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$148
- HawkOne$140
- CROSSER$135
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$135
- ENDORE$113
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$113
How this compares
$13,499 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 99 vascular 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 17 | $14,064 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 268 | $3,504 |
| Cilostazol | 15 | $404 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Florence
- Carmen PiccoloFlorence$14K
- Beth MeloroFlorence$7K
- William JacksonFlorence$7K
- John RossOrangeburg$847K
- David DeatonColumbia$609K
- Mathew WoosterWest Columbia$443K
- Sagar GandhiGreenville$236K
- Ravi VeeraswamyCharleston$164K
- Gerald FortunaWest Columbia$143K
- Kristian HochbergCharleston$106K
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.