Brian Brown, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1639494339
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $241,532 of the $389,410 with a category attached, or 62.0%. 51 manufacturers reported payments, led by Shimadzu Precision Instruments, Inc. at 40.7% of the total. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in SC 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 1,163 payments — averaging $334.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Shimadzu Precision Instruments, Inc.$158K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$94K
- CMS Imaging, Inc.$69K
- Medtronic$22K
- Recor Medical Inc$16K
- Stryker$14K
- plus $17K from 45 others
Across 76 payments — averaging $1149.21 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.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$86K
- Stryker$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$241,53262%
- Speaking & faculty fees$77,73620%
- Travel & lodging$30,2218%
- Food & beverage$36,7369%
- Gifts$2,0401%
- Entertainment$1,1460%
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.
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$102,403
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$100,898
- Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System$14,427
- HawkOne$9,814
- IN.PACT Admiral$9,512
- Diamondback Coronary$537
- AVVIGO Guidance System$489
- PARADISE RENAL DENERVATION SYSTEM$370
- Barostim Neo System$369
- ACCULINK$312
- Impella$271
- ESPRIT$265
- GENERAL - STENTS$247
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$225
- OPTIMIZER$223
- Watchman$223
- XACT$150
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$149
- WOLVERINE$125
- (6577) Visions 014$120
How this compares
$389,410 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 117 interventional cardiology providers in South Carolina.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 268 | $273,462 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 80 | $94,402 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 90 | $92,974 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 86 | $90,506 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 30 | $36,660 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 37 | $30,324 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 30 | $21,202 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 586 | $6,478 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 298 | $3,073 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 20 | $2,540 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 72 | $2,269 |
| Carvedilol | 248 | $2,164 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 211 | $2,010 |
| Furosemide | 294 | $1,550 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 55 | $1,334 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $284 | $273,462268 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $79 | $94,40280 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $238 | $92,97490 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $787 | $90,50686 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $454 | $51,52667 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 117 interventional cardiology providers in South Carolina.
Other interventional cardiology in Spartanburg
- Aaron GopalSpartanburg$34K
- Sebastiano VirgadamoSpartanburg$14K
- Mathew KalapurakalSpartanburg$14K
- Daniel SteinbergCharleston$611K
- Nicholas AmorosoPawleys Island$283K
- Robert LeonardiWest Columbia$203K
- Anbukarasi MaranCharleston$132K
- Jesse JorgensenGreenville$102K
- Thomas TodoranPawleys Island$95K
- Michael CryerColumbia$92K
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.