Charles Owen
Gastroenterology · Arlington, TXNPI 1316938103
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,413 of the $2,063 with a category attached, or 68.5%. Eli Lilly accounts for 77.5% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2023 is the largest year on record at $1,672, 6.4 times the $263 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,104.
Across 43 payments — averaging $47.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$2K
- AbbVie$134
- Johnson & Johnson$118
- Bristol Myers Squibb$67
- Merck$39
- Pfizer$27
- plus $79 from 5 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $25,915 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.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$378K
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$37K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,41368%
- Food & beverage$65032%
- Education$00%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 8 | $1,599 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $134 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $118 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $67 |
| Merck | 2 | $39 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $27 |
| Shionogi Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $0 |
How this compares
$2,063 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Other gastroenterology in Arlington
- John FordtranDallas$9.9M
- Michael BrownDallas$5.5M
- Bincy AbrahamHouston$1.6M
- Mazen NoureddinHouston$1.5M
- Stephen PappasHouston$1.4M
- Anish PatelFort Sam Houston$1.3M
- Timothy RitterSouthlake$961K
- Parvez MantryDallas$958K
- Nadege GunnWaco$933K
- Brooks CashHouston$867K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.