Charles Bowie, MD
Neurological Surgery · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1497956403
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Innovasis Inc accounts for 76.1% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $23,160 and has fallen 66.0% since, to $7,871 in 2025.
Across 170 payments — averaging $352.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Innovasis Inc$46K
- Globus Medical$4K
- ALON Medical Technology$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Stryker$1K
- plus $4K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,22049%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2240%
- Travel & lodging$23,54239%
- Food & beverage$6,96212%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Innovasis Inc | 21 | $45,642 |
| Globus Medical | 13 | $4,168 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 13 | $1,767 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 3 | $1,684 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $1,306 |
| Stryker | 35 | $1,244 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 6 | $959 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 7 | $771 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $374 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 6 | $372 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 4 | $343 |
| Abbott | 18 | $319 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $224 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $216 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $124 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $90 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $80 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $47 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $47 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $41 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $34 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Vertiflex, 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.
- Excelsius - GPS$2,894
- RISE-L$1,030
- PRODISC L$823
- WEB$694
- CAVUX Cervical Cage$241
- DTRAX Spinal System$241
- ALLY Bone Screw$241
- BIOLOGIX Allograft Bone$241
- IRRASflow$224
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT$163
- RELINE$163
- Penumbra System$101
How this compares
$59,947 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 116 neurological surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 201 | $1,758 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 109 | $1,001 |
| Methocarbamol | 85 | $912 |
| Meloxicam | 110 | $516 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $373 |
| Pregabalin | 21 | $362 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 30 | $172 |
| Levetiracetam | 17 | $152 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $101 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $63 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $36 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 14 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Baton Rouge
- Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$660K
- Kelly ScrantzBaton Rouge$128K
- Paul WaguespackBaton Rouge$43K
- Gregory FauthereeBaton Rouge$20K
- Brandon GaynorBaton Rouge$7K
- Garrett VenableBaton Rouge$6K
- Richard StangerBaton Rouge$6K
- Anthony SinShreveport$1.5M
- Sebastian KogaHammond$720K
- Najeeb ThomasMetairie$440K
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.