Jason Showmaker, MD
Otolaryngology · Merriam, KSNPI 1609187871
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 65 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $412 and has fallen 53.4% since, to $192 in 2025.
Across 65 payments — averaging $28.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$421
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$215
- C2dx, Inc$169
- Stryker$151
- Acclarent, Inc$149
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$148
- plus $604 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,857100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 18 | $421 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $215 |
| C2dx, Inc | 1 | $169 |
| Stryker | 4 | $151 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 5 | $149 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $148 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 6 | $115 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $103 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $97 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $57 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- NUCALA$101
How this compares
$1,857 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 87 otolaryngology providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 11 | $40,802 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 125 | $3,575 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 77 | $953 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 15 | $556 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 62 | $545 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 19 | $317 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 46 | $306 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 16 | $282 |
| Mupirocin | 49 | $245 |
| Cefdinir | 11 | $214 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 20 | $87 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $47 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 12 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Merriam
- Stanley McClurgMerriam$133K
- Nicholas WirtzMerriam$14K
- Katherine AberleMerriam$4K
- Kyle KimuraMerriam$1K
- Hinrich StaeckerKansas City$499K
- Douglas CowanLeawood$32K
- Jennifer VillwockKansas City$26K
- David RudmanOverland Park$18K
- Meha FoxKansas City$12K
- Kiran KakaralaKansas City$10K
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.