Mark Bowers, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery · San Diego, CANPI 1316353949
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (45.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 54.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,962 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $26 in 2025. Among foot and ankle surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 98 payments — averaging $225.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$12K
- Stryker$8K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$834
- Impactortho, Inc.$601
- Paragon 28, Inc.$284
- Celularity Inc.$122
- plus $366 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00045%
- Travel & lodging$5,06423%
- Food & beverage$3,98118%
- Education$3,01214%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 13 | $12,080 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 67 | $7,769 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $834 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 2 | $601 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 3 | $284 |
| Celularity Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Exactech, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 3 | $79 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $35 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 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
$22,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,126 foot and ankle surgery providers in California.
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 foot and ankle surgery in San Diego
- Eric GizaSacramento$3.6M
- Thomas HarrisPasadena$3M
- Thomas ChangSanta Rosa$2M
- Michael CoughlinSan Francisco$1.6M
- Vladimir ZeetserEncino$677K
- Jason NowakRedding$526K
- Candice BradyCamarillo$462K
- Andrew HsuOrange$456K
- Eric TanLos Angeles$447K
- Joseph ParkBurbank$387K
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.