Dr. Kris Kowdley, MD

NPI: 1699850404
Total Payments
$1.4M
2024 Payments
$240,238
Companies
38
Transactions
949
Medicare Patients
154
Medicare Billing
$8,976

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$646,349 (46.9%)
Consulting$604,807 (43.8%)
Travel$102,016 (7.4%)
Food & Beverage$21,626 (1.6%)
Research$4,500 (0.3%)
Education$109.40 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $604,807 151 43.8%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $464,211 137 33.7%
Travel and Lodging $102,016 255 7.4%
Honoraria $72,099 29 5.2%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $63,340 23 4.6%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program $46,700 18 3.4%
Food and Beverage $21,626 331 1.6%
Unspecified $4,500 1 0.3%
Education $109.40 4 0.0%

Payments by Type

General
$1.4M
948 transactions
Research
$4,500
1 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $426,387 361 $0 (2024)
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $348,052 182 $0 (2024)
ABBVIE INC. $101,037 128 $0 (2022)
Novo Nordisk Inc $72,829 33 $0 (2024)
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $60,802 22 $0 (2024)
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $57,097 33 $0 (2024)
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. $53,415 17 $0 (2023)
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $46,113 36 $0 (2024)
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $28,985 13 $0 (2024)
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $23,054 24 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $240,238 150 Gilead Sciences, Inc. ($35,563)
2023 $234,865 106 INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. ($67,907)
2022 $159,947 102 Gilead Sciences, Inc. ($45,618)
2021 $109,612 76 Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($54,037)
2020 $171,312 78 Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($102,189)
2019 $155,248 123 Gilead Sciences, Inc. ($59,584)
2018 $137,365 125 Gilead Sciences, Inc. ($99,509)
2017 $170,820 189 Gilead Sciences Inc ($101,713)

All Payment Transactions

949 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 38

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/30/2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $6,615.00 General
12/17/2024 Gilead Sciences, Inc. Epclusa (Drug) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $1,900.00 General
Category: HCV
12/11/2024 ORPHALAN INC CUVRIOR (Drug) Honoraria Cash or cash equivalent $3,000.00 General
Category: Hepatology
12/06/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals REZDIFFRA (Drug) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $3,600.00 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
12/06/2024 Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. OCALIVA (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,240.00 General
Category: Hepatology / Gastroenterology
12/06/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals REZDIFFRA (Drug) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $531.00 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
12/06/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals REZDIFFRA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $115.79 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
12/05/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals RESMETIROM (Drug) Honoraria Cash or cash equivalent $2,400.00 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
12/05/2024 Kowa Research Institute, Inc. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $309.61 General
12/04/2024 Gilead Sciences, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.89 General
12/03/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals REZDIFFRA (Drug) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $5,200.00 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
12/03/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals REZDIFFRA (Drug) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $1,368.90 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
12/03/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals REZDIFFRA (Drug) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $200.48 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
12/03/2024 Madrigal Pharmaceuticals REZDIFFRA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $93.03 General
Category: LIVER DISEASE
12/01/2024 Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Livmarli (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,900.00 General
Category: Alagille syndrome
11/28/2024 Gilead Sciences, Inc. Livdelzi (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,230.00 General
Category: INFLAM
11/26/2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $102.43 General
11/22/2024 Ipsen Innovation IQIRVO (Drug) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,490.00 General
Category: Rare Disease
11/21/2024 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $600.00 General
11/20/2024 Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc IQIRVO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $98.29 General
Category: Rare Disease
11/19/2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $288.22 General
11/19/2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $49.95 General
11/19/2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $45.90 General
11/19/2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $45.90 General
11/19/2024 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $40.16 General

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
A Phase 2a2b Platform Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Interventions in Participants With Chronic Hepatitis B Infection Janssen Research & Development, LLC $4,500 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 1 31 33 $3,300 $825.84
2022 3 69 76 $17,201 $5,741
2021 3 41 42 $6,383 $2,001
2020 1 13 13 $1,300 $407.11
Total Patients
154
Total Services
164
Medicare Billing
$8,976
Procedure Codes
8

All Medicare Procedures & Services

8 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
91200 Measurement of liver stiffness Office 2023 31 33 $3,300 $825.84 25.0%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 27 27 $9,765 $3,348 34.3%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 13 18 $4,336 $1,608 37.1%
91200 Measurement of liver stiffness Office 2022 29 31 $3,100 $785.96 25.4%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 12 12 $4,340 $1,484 34.2%
91200 Measuring the stiffness in the liver via elastography Office 2021 18 19 $1,900 $484.48 25.5%
36415 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample Office 2021 11 11 $143.00 $33.00 23.1%
91200 Measuring the stiffness in the liver via elastography Office 2020 13 13 $1,300 $407.11 31.3%

About Dr. Kris Kowdley, MD

Dr. Kris Kowdley, MD is a Gastroenterology healthcare provider based in Seattle, Washington. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 10/27/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1699850404.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Kris Kowdley, MD has received a total of $1.4M in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $240,238 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 949 transactions from 38 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($604,807).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kowdley has provided services to 154 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 164 services with total Medicare billing of $8,976. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 8 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Gastroenterology
  • Location Seattle, WA
  • Active Since 10/27/2006
  • Last Updated 06/08/2020
  • Taxonomy Code 207RG0100X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • Practice Solo Practitioner
  • NPI Number 1699850404

Products in Payments

  • Epclusa (Drug) $255,869
  • OCALIVA (Drug) $183,591
  • Mavyret (Drug) $58,720
  • Vemlidy (Drug) $50,172
  • OCA (Drug) $28,221
  • IQIRVO (Drug) $27,424
  • Livdelzi (Drug) $25,572
  • Livmarli (Drug) $23,615
  • REZDIFFRA (Drug) $20,434
  • MAVYRET (Drug) $18,212
  • Viekira (Drug) $13,555
  • XIFAXAN (Drug) $9,361
  • TERLIVAZ (Drug) $9,338
  • Vosevi (Drug) $7,790
  • RDI Research (Device) $4,800
  • Harvoni (Drug) $4,503
  • Bylvay (Drug) $3,317
  • CUVRIOR (Drug) $3,134
  • RESMETIROM (Drug) $2,415
  • Lenvima (Drug) $1,847

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.

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