Mark Cooper, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Hampton, VANPI 1346376613
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $198,400 of the $218,598 with a category attached, or 90.8%. Livanova USA, Inc. accounts for 97.9% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $72,161 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $1,558 in 2024. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in VA 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 307 payments — averaging $712.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$214K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Enterra Medical, Inc.$1K
- Covidien LP$627
- Novocure Inc.$298
- Johnson & Johnson$249
- plus $829 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$198,40091%
- Travel & lodging$12,9826%
- Food & beverage$7,2163%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 257 | $213,906 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $1,478 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 7 | $1,211 |
| Covidien LP | 13 | $627 |
| Novocure Inc. | 3 | $298 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $249 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $175 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $164 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $92 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $44 |
| Merck | 1 | $33 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- VNS Therapy$137,704
- VNS - Vitaria$70,464
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,374
- superDimension$439
- Monarch Platform$170
- VNS - Symmetry$130
- RibFix Blu$122
- PROGEL$119
- NovoTTF-100L$112
How this compares
$218,598 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 109 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Virginia.
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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 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Hampton
- Clinton KempNorfolk$367K
- Sandeep KhandharFairfax$261K
- Linda MartinCharlottesville$76K
- Kenneth SaumLynchburg$56K
- Michael WeyantFalls Church$47K
- Mark JosephRoanoke$44K
- Justin MilliganVirginia Beach$42K
- Christopher BarreiroNorfolk$41K
- Alan SpeirFalls Church$39K
- Kevin ShorttPortsmouth$37K
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.