Gilbert Upchurch, MD
Vascular Surgery · Gainesville, FLNPI 1578664488
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,852 of the $4,904 with a category attached, or 78.6%. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 69.8% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,644 and has fallen 87.0% since, to $214 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $6,364.
Across 37 payments — averaging $132.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$108
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$75
Across 2 payments — averaging $6437.50 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$13K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,05221%
- Food & beverage$3,85279%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 19 | $3,423 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $1,298 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $108 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 1 | $75 |
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.
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,052
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$559
- Valiant Captivia$423
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$421
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$402
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$344
- ENDURANT IIS$332
- Endurant$271
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$219
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft$148
How this compares
$4,904 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 385 vascular 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.
Other vascular surgery in Gainesville
- Robert FeezorGainesville$90K
- Michol CooperGainesville$50K
- Samuel TapperStuart$1.3M
- Mariano ArosemenaBradenton$472K
- Manuel Perez IzquierdoOrlando$302K
- Erin MooreJacksonville$300K
- Rajesh MalikNaples$237K
- Charles BaileyTampa$162K
- Joseph WasselleMelbourne$161K
- Joseph RicottaDelray Beach$156K
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.