Jason Kowitz
Urology · Seattle, WANPI 1346700986
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 58 payments — averaging $54.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Boston Scientific$299
- Johnson & Johnson$278
- Ambu A/s$250
- Conmed Corporation$173
- Calyxo, Inc.$139
- plus $949 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2508%
- Travel & lodging$57718%
- Food & beverage$2,22271%
- Education$1003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 18 | $1,060 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $299 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $278 |
| Ambu A/s | 1 | $250 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $173 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Dornier Medtech America, Inc | 1 | $139 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $107 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $96 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $95 |
| Merck | 3 | $66 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $50 |
| Immunitybio, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 2 | $47 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $36 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $34 |
| Bayer | 1 | $30 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| BD | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ALTAVIVA$179
- AIRSEAL$173
- GENERAL KIDNEY STONE DISEASE$154
- LithoVue$145
- CVAC Aspiration System$139
- Dornier MedTech$139
- INTERSTIM$113
How this compares
$3,149 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 274 urology providers in Washington.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Solifenacin Succinate | 12 | $667 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 32 | $258 |
| Finasteride | 21 | $239 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Seattle
- James PorterSeattle$2.6M
- Jonathan WrightSeattle$1M
- Thomas WalshSeattle$388K
- Una LeeSeattle$236K
- Marah HehemannSeattle$213K
- Sarah PsutkaSeattle$185K
- Alvaro LucioniSeattle$152K
- John GoreSeattle$114K
- George SchadeSeattle$78K
- James HotalingSeattle$70K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.