Christian Bowers, MD
Neurological Surgery · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1487897542
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,173 of the $1,723 with a category attached, or 68.1%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Leica Microsystems (schweiz) AG at 31.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in NM, where the typical reported total is $2,209.
Across 20 payments — averaging $86.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Leica Microsystems (schweiz) AG$550
- Stryker$522
- Johnson & Johnson$239
- Medtronic$222
- Kls-martin L.p.$125
- Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC$36
- plus $28 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55032%
- Food & beverage$1,17368%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Leica Microsystems (schweiz) AG | 1 | $550 |
| Stryker | 6 | $522 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $239 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $222 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $125 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- SURGICAL MICROSCOPES$550
- N/A$139
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$131
- XIA 3$131
- Pipeline$123
- Teligen$111
- TARGET$111
How this compares
$1,723 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 32 neurological surgery providers in New Mexico.
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 neurological surgery in Albuquerque
- Chad ColeAlbuquerque$101K
- Robert StarlingAlbuquerque$13K
- Christian RicksAlbuquerque$12K
- Michael KoganAlbuquerque$10K
- Peter ShinAlbuquerque$8K
- Ross GreenAlbuquerque$6K
- Mark ErasmusAlbuquerque$5K
- Mark BryniarskiAlbuquerque$4K
- Michael Ortiz TorresAlbuquerque$4K
- Carlos AlvarezAlbuquerque$4K
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.