Joseph McGowan, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Bluffton, SCNPI 1548341340
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,880 of the $10,198 with a category attached, or 87.1%. Acera Surgical, Inc. accounts for 95.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $9,265 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $57 in 2025.
Across 26 payments — averaging $392.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$10K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$143
- Dermira, Inc.$97
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$75
- Hydrofera LLC$50
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$36
- plus $80 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,88087%
- Food & beverage$1,01910%
- Education$2993%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 11 | $9,718 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $12 |
| Pierre Fabre 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.
- Restrata Wound Matrix$9,296
- Erivedge$143
How this compares
$10,198 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 22 mohs-micrographic surgery providers in South Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 288 | $2,070 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 54 | $1,732 |
| Cephalexin | 323 | $1,118 |
| Ketoconazole | 40 | $566 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 40 | $286 |
| Azithromycin | 15 | $100 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 12 | $97 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 34 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Bluffton
- Michael SarradetBluffton$205
- Frank ZurfleyBluffton$49
- Fabrizio GalimbertiConway$765K
- Yumeng LiConway$33K
- Brandon CoakleyMyrtle Beach$24K
- Bradley SaylorsNorth Charleston$8K
- Ruth McTigheMt Pleasant$7K
- Taylor MulkeyMt Pleasant$7K
- Julie JeffersonGreenville$5K
- Richard LucarielloMyrtle Beach$5K
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.