James Black, MD
Vascular Surgery · Baltimore, MDNPI 1609832716
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cook Incorporated at 54.2% of the total.
Across 87 payments — averaging $158.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cook Incorporated$7K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$1K
- Bolton Medical Inc$334
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$190
- plus $277 from 3 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $3321.71 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.
- Medtronic$44K
- Cook Research Incorporated$12K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,48054%
- Travel & lodging$1,54211%
- Food & beverage$4,76935%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Incorporated | 5 | $7,480 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 32 | $3,117 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $1,237 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 28 | $1,157 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 4 | $334 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $190 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $161 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Cook Medical AFEN$3,500
- Cook Medical Zenith$1,500
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$489
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$450
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$380
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$320
- Valiant Captivia$257
- Cook Medical Advanced Tech$225
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$222
- GORE-TEX Vascular Graft$208
- C3 Delivery System$203
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$174
- Zenith$157
- Product in Development$138
- ENDURANT IIS$130
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$128
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$128
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$128
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$128
- Zenith Alpha$115
How this compares
$13,791 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 104 vascular surgery providers in Maryland.
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 Baltimore
- Caitlin HicksBaltimore$88K
- Shahab ToursavadkohiBaltimore$76K
- Frank CriadoBaltimore$52K
- Khanjan NagarshethBaltimore$33K
- Saurabh GuptaBaltimore$31K
- Paul LucasBaltimore$27K
- Brajesh LalBaltimore$25K
- Rishi KundiBaltimore$14K
- Christopher AbularrageBaltimore$13K
- Omar KarimBaltimore$8K
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.