Minton Cooper, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · Charlottesville, VANPI 1114084407
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.9%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by In2bones USA, LLC at 45.9% of the total. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in VA 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 101 payments — averaging $873.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- In2bones USA, LLC$40K
- Linvatec Corporation$21K
- Bioventus LLC$15K
- Trimed, Inc.$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Advita Ortho, LLC$1K
- plus $2K from 8 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $2063.53 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.
- Ferring International Pharmascience Center US$23K
- DJO, LLC$20K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$17K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$33,63038%
- Consulting fees$44,90551%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0003%
- Travel & lodging$4,3525%
- Food & beverage$2,2993%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| In2bones USA, LLC | 26 | $40,445 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 14 | $21,101 |
| Bioventus LLC | 19 | $15,462 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 9 | $4,126 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $3,604 |
| Advita Ortho, LLC | 3 | $1,303 |
| Vilex LLC | 1 | $585 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 8 | $565 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $292 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $290 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $160 |
| Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC | 2 | $108 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 1 | $95 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $50 |
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.
- Quantum Total Ankle$36,593
- QUANTUM$21,034
- TriWay TTC Nail$15,563
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$15,013
- TRIWAY$9,126
- Tools - FPS$3,927
- DCP/LC-DCP PLATES & SCREWS$3,373
- LCP PLATES & SCREWS$3,373
- HEADLESS COMPRESSION SCREWS$3,373
- VANTAGE$1,237
- EXACTECHGPS$1,237
- HINTERMANN$585
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$215
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$181
- INFINITY ADAPTIS$170
- ARTHREX$146
- STAR$145
How this compares
$88,186 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 260 foot and ankle surgery providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $81 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot and ankle surgery in Charlottesville
- Joseph ParkCharlottesville$69K
- Joseph DisabatoCharlottesville$29K
- Caroline TippettCharlottesville$13K
- Christopher StewartCharlottesville$10K
- Mark JonesNorth Chesterfield$2.4M
- Oliver SchipperArlington$1.2M
- Steven NeufeldFalls Church$857K
- Charles ZelenRoanoke$363K
- Ryan VazalesGlen Allen$337K
- Jugal DhariaFairfax$309K
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.