Brian Bower
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Barboursville, WVNPI 1558341453
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.1% of the total across 104 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 104 payments — averaging $27.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$464
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$331
- Smith+Nephew$325
- Bayer$237
- Organon$200
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$194
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,73896%
- Education$1104%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 24 | $464 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 3 | $331 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $325 |
| Bayer | 10 | $237 |
| Organon | 12 | $200 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 6 | $194 |
| Merck | 11 | $172 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 4 | $160 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $137 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $109 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $67 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $65 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,849 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 172 obstetrics & gynecology providers in West Virginia.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 34 | $2,165 |
| Fluconazole | 21 | $115 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Barboursville
- Caleb HuffBarboursville$4K
- Steven BrumfieldBarboursville$3K
- Allan ChamberlainBarboursville$1K
- Jessica HottMartinsburg$194K
- Lori TuckerPrinceton$46K
- Stephen BushCharleston$33K
- Amanda PauleyHuntington$26K
- Sarah DotsonMorgantown$24K
- Juddson LindleyBeckley$19K
- David RaineyBeckley$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.