Michol Cooper, MD
Vascular Surgery · Gainesville, FLNPI 1073837910
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (47.1%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bolton Medical Inc at 28.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $27,252 and has fallen 72.2% since, to $7,586 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 165 payments — averaging $300.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bolton Medical Inc$14K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$11K
- Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated$8K
- Cook Medical LLC$5K
- Cook Incorporated$4K
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- plus $4K from 7 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $7196.00 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.
- Bolton Medical Inc$36K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,77018%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,89018%
- Travel & lodging$23,32547%
- Food & beverage$8,58017%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bolton Medical Inc | 34 | $14,100 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 31 | $11,255 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 3 | $7,650 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 46 | $5,296 |
| Cook Incorporated | 10 | $4,438 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $2,580 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $1,961 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $1,706 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 11 | $256 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $129 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $89 |
| Stryker | 1 | $54 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $52 |
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.
- Zenith Alpha$13,237
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$11,992
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$8,518
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,618
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$1,618
- Cook$1,496
- Indigo$1,348
- Indigo System$1,143
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$1,042
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$1,018
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$1,018
- Product in Development$1,016
- ENDURANT IIS$785
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$625
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$600
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$600
- Grafts$493
- Cook Medical Peripheral Intervention$340
- Zilver PTX$284
- Zenith Spiral-Z$265
How this compares
$49,565 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Gainesville
- Robert FeezorGainesville$90K
- 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
- Murray ShamesTampa$144K
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.