Lauren Howdeshell, NP
Family · Saint Louis, MONPI 1093207243
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 347 payments — averaging $22.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Amgen$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Dexcom, Inc.$818
- AbbVie$454
- Medtronic$337
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,646100%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 51 | $1,579 |
| Amgen | 61 | $1,129 |
| Novo Nordisk | 57 | $1,066 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 59 | $818 |
| AbbVie | 31 | $454 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $337 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $291 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 16 | $252 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 7 | $190 |
| Renalytix AI, Inc. | 1 | $188 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 5 | $182 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 9 | $170 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 2 | $143 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 2 | $136 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 5 | $111 |
| Intuity Medical Inc | 3 | $92 |
| EUSA Pharma (US) LLC | 4 | $77 |
| Embecta Corp. | 2 | $52 |
| GSK | 3 | $51 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $33 |
| BD | 1 | $33 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $25 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $21 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 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.
How this compares
$7,652 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,812 family providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 133 | $4,142 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 35 | $1,457 |
| Ofloxacin | 57 | $1,122 |
| Cefdinir | 50 | $1,005 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 34 | $408 |
| Methylprednisolone | 65 | $391 |
| Omeprazole | 25 | $296 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 25 | $227 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $148 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $127 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 20 | $101 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 13 | $74 |
| Azithromycin | 14 | $71 |
| Prednisone | 28 | $62 |
| Diazepam | 19 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Saint Louis
- Rebecca SeabaughSaint Louis$68K
- Jordan PerezSaint Louis$43K
- Lindsay GwaltneySaint Louis$28K
- Sara WoottenSaint Louis$21K
- Kelly RobertsSaint Louis$17K
- Matthew CarySaint Louis$15K
- Philip DudakSaint Louis$14K
- Kenan SahbazSaint Louis$14K
- Nicole CarrSaint Louis$14K
- Ashley GarrettSaint Louis$12K
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.