Mark Patterson
Vascular Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1083645378
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.5% of the total across 84 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 60.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $5,256.
Across 84 payments — averaging $57.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$748
- Medtronic$369
- Penumbra, Inc.$274
- Boston Scientific$139
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$133
- plus $222 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4109%
- Food & beverage$4,39391%
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. | 63 | $2,920 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $748 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $369 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $274 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $139 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 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.
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$731
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$614
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$614
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$494
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$494
- ENDURANT IIS$237
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$170
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$161
- C3 Delivery System$155
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface$148
- TIGRIS Stent$142
- ELUVIA$139
- Indigo System$139
- Penumbra System$135
- Inspire$133
- VEGA SYSTEM$120
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$110
How this compares
$4,804 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 61 vascular surgery providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 37 | $24,231 |
| EliquisApixaban | 16 | $16,294 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 50 | $486 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 28 | $342 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 33 | $217 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $160 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 13 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Birmingham
- Albert PacificoBirmingham$5.1M
- Benjamin PearceBirmingham$37K
- William HolmanBirmingham$25K
- Stephen HeinzmanBirmingham$18K
- Jarrad RowseBirmingham$10K
- Graeme McFarlandBirmingham$10K
- Vernon HorstBirmingham$9K
- James KirklinBirmingham$6K
- Danielle SutzkoBirmingham$5K
- Michael GleasonBirmingham$3K
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.