Samuel Groot
Surgery · Greenville, SCNPI 1275026510
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,358 of the $13,695 with a category attached, or 61.0%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 51.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,151 and has fallen 69.5% since, to $1,877 in 2025.
Across 106 payments — averaging $129.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$925
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$370
- Stryker$272
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$3,75027%
- Travel & lodging$8466%
- Food & beverage$8,35861%
- Education$7415%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 37 | $6,981 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 16 | $1,901 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 10 | $1,011 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 10 | $925 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $370 |
| Stryker | 4 | $272 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $209 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 4 | $201 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $200 |
| Abbott | 1 | $187 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 1 | $167 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $167 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $110 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$5,718
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,618
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$799
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$666
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$624
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$551
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$370
- GORE-TEX Vascular Graft$320
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$219
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$210
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$193
- ESPRIT$187
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$183
- Endurant$159
- Sublime 014 Rx PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter$157
- Sublime Microcatheter, 018, 200cm, Straight$157
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$157
- Pounce Thrombectomy$157
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$157
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$153
How this compares
$13,695 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 553 surgery providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $200 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 19 | $81 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Greenville
- John ScottGreenville$242K
- Jason CundiffGreenville$235K
- William CobbGreenville$159K
- Shanu KothariGreenville$122K
- Jeremy WarrenGreenville$46K
- Nathan SmithGreenville$24K
- Wesley JonesGreenville$17K
- Michael LoveGreenville$16K
- Colin WebbGreenville$16K
- Ari KramerSpartanburg$502K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.