Ervin Lowther, MD
Neuroradiology · Greenville, SCNPI 1396908026
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,000 of the $2,920 with a category attached, or 68.5%. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. accounts for 68.5% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,223 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $172 in 2024.
Across 13 payments — averaging $224.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$311
- Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc$172
- Boehringer Ingelheim$116
- Globus Medical$113
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$85
- plus $122 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00068%
- Travel & lodging$1696%
- Food & beverage$75126%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Stryker | 3 | $311 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $172 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $116 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $113 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $85 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $73 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Biogen | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ALIYA SYSTEM$172
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$169
- DISPOSABLES - OTHER$135
- XLIF$113
How this compares
$2,920 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 25 neuroradiology providers in South Carolina.
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 neuroradiology in Greenville
- Mohammad ChaudryGreenville$878K
- Rodney ShafferGreenville$10K
- Vivek SinghGreenville$6K
- Cole GrahamGreenville$4K
- William SavocaGreenville$4K
- David PowellGreenville$3K
- Joseph HolladayGreenville$1K
- Harry HardinGreenville$1K
- Lee MadelineGreenville$777
- Naveen PartiGreenville$550
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.