Francis Caputo, MD
Vascular Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1790937175
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (36.9%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bolton Medical Inc at 29.5% of the total. Among vascular surgery clinicians in OH 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 325 payments — averaging $229.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bolton Medical Inc$22K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$17K
- Boston Scientific$16K
- Medtronic$6K
- Cook Incorporated$5K
- Endologix LLC$4K
- plus $5K from 27 others
Across 70 payments — averaging $8387.68 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Centerline Biomedical Inc.$493K
- Inspiremd Ltd$53K
- Cook Research Incorporated$36K
- Penumbra, Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,56537%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,31015%
- Travel & lodging$8,39711%
- Food & beverage$21,02428%
- Education$6,3148%
- Entertainment$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bolton Medical Inc | 61 | $22,016 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 76 | $16,846 |
| Boston Scientific | 46 | $15,846 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $5,796 |
| Cook Incorporated | 4 | $4,974 |
| Endologix LLC | 33 | $4,098 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 27 | $1,844 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 8 | $455 |
| Centerline Biomedical Inc. | 9 | $402 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 2 | $267 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 4 | $243 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 4 | $201 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $196 |
| Abbott | 5 | $194 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $184 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $179 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $54 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $30 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $25 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $15 |
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.
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$10,142
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$8,166
- Grafts$7,757
- ENDURANT IIS$5,239
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$4,600
- Relay Plus$4,281
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$3,990
- Cook$3,284
- Relay Grafts$2,614
- Cook Medical Peripheral Intervention$1,905
- Product in Development$1,734
- STENTS$984
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$586
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$578
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$528
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$521
- Ovation$468
- IOPS$456
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$416
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$394
How this compares
$74,647 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 213 vascular surgery providers in Ohio.
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 vascular surgery in Cleveland
- Sean LydenCleveland$561K
- Federico ParodiCleveland$78K
- Levester KirkseyCleveland$57K
- Matthew EagletonCleveland$47K
- Jae ChoCleveland$34K
- Ravi AmbaniCleveland$32K
- Benjamin ColvardCleveland$29K
- Anthony RizzoCleveland$24K
- Daniel McLaughlinCleveland$16K
- Aric WogslandCleveland$16K
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.