Michael Cooter, MD
Otolaryngology · Greenville, SCNPI 1326094046
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,440 of the $5,021 with a category attached, or 68.5%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 53.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,065 and has fallen 76.3% since, to $490 in 2025.
Across 59 payments — averaging $85.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$618
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$602
- Stryker$274
- Aerin Medical Inc.$191
- Alk-abello, Inc$176
- plus $473 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,58231%
- Food & beverage$3,44069%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 15 | $2,688 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $618 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 8 | $602 |
| Stryker | 5 | $274 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 5 | $191 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $176 |
| GSK | 5 | $92 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $86 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 2 | $70 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $69 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $63 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $47 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Inspire$1,948
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$399
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$242
- PROPEL$236
- SINUVA$181
- StealthStation$153
- Odactra$139
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$135
- VIVAER STYLUS$110
- RHINAER STYLUS$110
How this compares
$5,021 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 180 otolaryngology providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 31 | $638 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 17 | $520 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 14 | $517 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 58 | $425 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 31 | $382 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 38 | $373 |
| Prednisone | 46 | $314 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 28 | $262 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 32 | $254 |
| Cephalexin | 46 | $190 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 54 | $153 |
| Famotidine | 22 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Greenville
- Jeffrey JorgensenGreenville$5K
- Andrew HeffernanGreenville$4K
- William FrazierGreenville$3K
- Michael BeasleyGreenville$3K
- Mark LandryGreenville$3K
- Shaun NguyenCharleston$973K
- Rodney SchlosserCharleston$382K
- Zachary SolerCharleston$67K
- Peter HorwichNorth Charleston$33K
- Eugene BrownCharleston$28K
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.