Payment overview · 2025
General Payments
$5,330.91
65 reported records · 7 companies
Healthcare provider profile · identity verified
Sandra A Cole, MD
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Surgery|Vascular Surgery · WAUSAU, WI · NPI 1447785944
Verified facts
What the public records show
CMS Open Payments records show Sandra A Cole, MD received $5,330.91 in general payments during 2025 across 65 reported records.
Medtronic, Inc. accounted for 68.7% of that reported general-payment amount.
The Open Payments records used for this analysis explicitly named 20 associated products.
These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.
Separate record types
Research & Ownership
Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data
Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data
Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data
These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.
Who paid this doctor?
Companies in 2025 General Payments
| Reported company | Canonical company | Amount | Share | Records | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Medtronic, Inc. exact · evidence 2025-07-22 |
$3,660.37 | 68.7% | 41 | 2025 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $950.95 | 17.8% | 10 | 2025 |
| Stryker Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $328.85 | 6.2% | 7 | 2025 |
| Endologix LLC | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $155.60 | 2.9% | 1 | 2025 |
| GE HEALTHCARE | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $116.25 | 2.2% | 2 | 2025 |
| LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $84.81 | 1.6% | 2 | 2025 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $34.08 | 0.6% | 2 | 2025 |
What were the payments for?
Payment categories
| Category | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $3,248.31 | 14 |
| Food and Beverage | $2,082.60 | 51 |
A meal, consulting fee, royalty, and travel payment describe different kinds of reported relationships and should not be interpreted as equivalent.
Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products
Products named in Open Payments records
| Reported product | Type | Reported company | Related amount* | Records | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENDURANT IIS Normalized: endurant iis |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $2,149.99 | 20 | 2025 |
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| VENASEAL Normalized: venaseal |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $1,271.87 | 13 | 2025 |
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| SmartClaw Normalized: smartclaw |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $693.16 | 4 | 2025 |
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| General - Vascular Intervention Normalized: general vascular intervention |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $206.66 | 3 | 2025 |
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| CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Normalized: ct thrombectomy system kit |
Device | Stryker Corporation | $189.26 | 2 | 2025 |
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| FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S Normalized: flowtriever catheter s |
Device | Stryker Corporation | $189.26 | 2 | 2025 |
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| ABRE Normalized: abre |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $172.43 | 4 | 2025 |
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| ENDOCROSS Device Normalized: endocross device |
Device | Endologix LLC | $155.60 | 1 | 2025 |
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| Torus Stent Graft System Normalized: torus stent graft system |
Device | Endologix LLC | $155.60 | 1 | 2025 |
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| ARTEGRAFT VASCULAR GRAFT Normalized: artegraft vascular graft |
Device | LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | $84.81 | 2 | 2025 |
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| ARTIX MT Normalized: artix mt |
Device | Stryker Corporation | $63.48 | 2 | 2025 |
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| ELUVIA Normalized: eluvia |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $45.08 | 2 | 2025 |
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| FLOWTRIEVER Normalized: flowtriever |
Device | Stryker Corporation | $39.48 | 2 | 2025 |
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| INTHRILL THROMBECTOMY CATHETER Normalized: inthrill thrombectomy catheter |
Device | Stryker Corporation | $36.63 | 1 | 2025 |
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| LEQVIO Normalized: leqvio |
Drug | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $34.08 | 2 | 2025 |
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| CONCERTOTM Normalized: concertotm |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $22.73 | 1 | 2025 |
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| VISI-PRO Normalized: visi pro |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $19.08 | 1 | 2025 |
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| SYMPLICITY G3 Normalized: symplicity g3 |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $15.23 | 1 | 2025 |
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| VALIANT CAPTIVIA Normalized: valiant captivia |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $9.04 | 1 | 2025 |
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| Ranger Normalized: ranger |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $6.05 | 1 | 2025 |
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* Product-associated amounts are non-additive because one payment record may name more than one product.
These products were named on specific Open Payments records. A named product does not show that the payment influenced treatment or prescribing.
Public prescribing for products named in payments
No exact normalized or approved-alias overlap was found in the loaded Part D year. This does not mean the doctor never prescribed the product.
The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.
Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap
Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D
This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.
No publishable same-company prescribing overlap was found in the loaded Part D year. This does not mean the doctor never prescribed a drug reported elsewhere by a paying company.
These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.
Public Medicare Part D data
Provider-and-drug rows loaded for 2024
| Brand | Generic | Claims | Beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clopidogrel | Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 93 | 37 |
| Eliquis | Apixaban | 20 | suppressed |
| Cilostazol | Cilostazol | 17 | suppressed |
| Diazepam | Diazepam | 17 | 17 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | 14 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | 11 |
Timeline
Payment and prescribing data by year
Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.
| Year | General Payments | Main payer | Explicit products | Company overlaps | Part D coverage |
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| 2025 | $5,330.91 · 65 records | Medtronic, Inc. | ABRE, ARTEGRAFT VASCULAR GRAFT, ARTIX MT, CONCERTOTM, CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT, ELUVIA, ENDOCROSS Device, ENDURANT IIS, FLOWTRIEVER, FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S, General - Vascular Intervention, INTHRILL THROMBECTOMY CATHETER, LEQVIO, Ranger, SYMPLICITY G3, SmartClaw, Torus Stent Graft System, VALIANT CAPTIVIA, VENASEAL, VISI-PRO | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | Complete |
Questions to ask
Questions you could discuss with your doctor
- Are there reasonable alternatives I should understand when we discuss treatment options?
- How should I interpret the industry-payment records shown here in the context of my care?
These are general questions generated from reviewed templates. They are not personalized medical advice.
Sources and limitations
How to read this page
- Payment and Medicare prescribing data can cover different years; every comparison shows both years explicitly.
- Part D does not represent a doctor’s entire practice; it excludes many patients and is subject to CMS public-release thresholds.
- Company–drug relationships must have an auditable source, a precise relationship type, and a valid evidence period. Unresolved mappings are not published.
- Generic drug claims are not attributed to a specific manufacturer without manufacturer-level evidence.
- When a source extract is incomplete, missing rows are never treated as proof of no payments or no prescriptions.
Loaded source releases
| Dataset | Year | Publication | Source |
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| CMS Open Payments — General Payments | 2025 | 2026-06-30 | Original source |
| Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug | 2024 | 2026-05-06 | Original source |
| NPPES Data Dissemination V2 | current / reference data | 2026-08-10 | Original source |
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