Total Payments
$81,739
2024 Payments
$324.75
Companies
13
Transactions
470
Medicare Patients
982
Medicare Billing
$408,418

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$25,969 (31.8%)
Travel$24,685 (30.2%)
Consulting$20,406 (25.0%)
Food & Beverage$10,592 (13.0%)
Education$86.82 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $25,969 19 31.8%
Travel and Lodging $24,685 68 30.2%
Consulting Fee $20,406 5 25.0%
Food and Beverage $10,592 376 13.0%
Education $86.82 2 0.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $38,477 168 $0 (2020)
Medtronic, Inc. $31,072 205 $0 (2024)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $6,450 56 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $2,057 10 $0 (2019)
AtriCure, Inc. $1,901 13 $0 (2022)
ABIOMED $1,123 3 $0 (2023)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $393.10 2 $0 (2018)
PFIZER INC. $72.45 5 $0 (2024)
Ethicon US, LLC $71.86 4 $0 (2021)
Corcym Inc $58.52 1 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $324.75 23 Medtronic, Inc. ($186.90)
2023 $1,127 47 Medtronic, Inc. ($1,011)
2022 $6,242 75 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($2,820)
2021 $28,500 104 Medtronic, Inc. ($28,413)
2020 $23,367 72 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($23,352)
2019 $8,577 47 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($5,381)
2018 $7,720 64 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($7,172)
2017 $5,881 38 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($3,310)

All Payment Transactions

470 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 19

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/19/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.44 General
Category: Vascular
11/13/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AVALUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.09 General
Category: Heart Valves
11/09/2024 Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. Crosser iQ (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.47 General
Category: Vascular/Oncology
09/11/2024 PFIZER INC. ELIQUIS (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.13 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE
08/15/2024 PFIZER INC. ELIQUIS (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.03 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE
06/04/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.02 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
05/28/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.52 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
04/25/2024 Medtronic, Inc. PENDITURE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.92 General
Category: Ablation
04/19/2024 PFIZER INC. ELIQUIS (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.43 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE
04/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.13 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
04/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.02 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
04/11/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.57 General
04/02/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.92 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
04/02/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.39 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
03/19/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.27 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
03/19/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.05 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
02/13/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.98 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
02/13/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.83 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
02/06/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.17 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
01/30/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.85 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
01/16/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.78 General
01/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.09 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
01/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.65 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
12/19/2023 Medtronic, Inc. FREESTYLE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.32 General
Category: Heart Valves
11/14/2023 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.01 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 10 281 281 $464,190 $109,358
2022 6 231 231 $481,110 $114,007
2021 7 238 238 $451,709 $98,171
2020 7 232 232 $379,228 $86,881
Total Patients
982
Total Services
982
Medicare Billing
$408,418
Procedure Codes
30

All Medicare Procedures & Services

30 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2023 58 58 $177,770 $32,627 18.4%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2023 34 34 $114,184 $26,539 23.2%
33405 Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2023 14 14 $65,588 $15,343 23.4%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 82 82 $28,658 $13,058 45.6%
33534 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2023 12 12 $47,142 $11,847 25.1%
33518 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2023 19 19 $14,738 $4,031 27.4%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 25 25 $8,187 $3,229 39.4%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 11 11 $3,068 $1,358 44.3%
33517 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2023 12 12 $4,380 $1,208 27.6%
33508 Harvest of vein using an endoscope Facility 2023 14 14 $475.00 $118.10 24.9%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2022 67 67 $214,445 $37,944 17.7%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2022 32 32 $138,201 $33,158 24.0%
33405 Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2022 15 15 $80,927 $22,164 27.4%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 82 82 $27,467 $13,866 50.5%
33518 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2022 14 14 $13,248 $3,850 29.1%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 21 21 $6,822 $3,025 44.3%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2021 59 59 $216,589 $34,679 16.0%
33533 Heart artery bypass, single graft Facility 2021 30 30 $120,375 $23,663 19.7%
33405 Replacement of aortic valve using artificial valve on heart-lung machine, open procedure Facility 2021 12 12 $64,692 $17,174 26.5%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Office 2021 85 85 $28,135 $14,442 51.3%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 23 23 $7,314 $3,217 44.0%
33518 Combined vein and artery heart artery bypass, 2 grafts Facility 2021 11 11 $9,852 $2,713 27.5%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 18 18 $4,752 $2,284 48.1%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2020 62 62 $219,356 $37,951 17.3%
33533 Heart artery bypass to repair one artery Facility 2020 25 25 $110,698 $28,054 25.3%

About Dr. B Bowles, MD

Dr. B Bowles, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in St George, Utah. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/08/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1114950714.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. B Bowles, MD has received a total of $81,739 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $324.75 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 470 transactions from 13 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($25,969).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bowles has provided services to 982 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 982 services with total Medicare billing of $408,418. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 30 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • CoreValve Evolut (Device) $51,149
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $2,984
  • COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $2,487
  • Mosaic (Device) $2,027
  • GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $2,022
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $1,445
  • Hancock (Device) $1,265
  • Impella (Device) $1,123
  • Avalus (Device) $576.88
  • SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $456.78
  • ECHELON FLEX Stapler (Device) $393.10
  • MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) $309.32
  • EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system (Device) $288.63
  • Freestyle (Device) $210.12
  • HawkOne (Device) $125.00
  • Enteer (Device) $99.33
  • HeartWare HVAD (Device) $82.74
  • FREESTYLE (Device) $80.09
  • INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE (Device) $73.82
  • ELIQUIS (Drug) $72.45

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Doctors in St George