Brent Bowles, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · St George, UTNPI 1114950714
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (30.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 87.0% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $28,500 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $680 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in UT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 394 payments — averaging $174.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$60K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Pfizer$184
- plus $364 from 5 others
Across 42 payments — averaging $4720.63 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.
- Medtronic$135K
- Abbott$63K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,40630%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,96930%
- Travel & lodging$19,22228%
- Food & beverage$8,13512%
- Education$870%
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) | 311 | $59,885 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 30 | $3,261 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $2,057 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 15 | $1,944 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $1,123 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $184 |
| Abbott | 6 | $111 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $96 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $85 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $57 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$68,818 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 46 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Utah.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in St George
- Charles NeedhamSt George$18K
- Alec ErorSt George$7K
- Kory WoodburySt George$4K
- Jason GlotzbachSalt Lake City$45K
- Spencer MelbyOrem$30K
- John DotyMurray$18K
- Reilly HobbsMurray$15K
- Ganesh KumpatiSalt Lake City$14K
- John StringhamSalt Lake City$14K
- David AffleckSalt Lake City$14K
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.