Nathan Rowland
Neurological Surgery · Charleston, SCNPI 1700033362
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.9%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 78.2% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,695 and has fallen 80.0% since, to $1,935 in 2025.
Across 39 payments — averaging $321.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$10K
- Insightec,inc$2K
- Abbott$712
- MML US, Inc.$107
- Davol Inc.$62
- Zimmer Biomet$30
- plus $31 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,50036%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50020%
- Travel & lodging$3,86731%
- Food & beverage$1,67913%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $9,815 |
| Insightec,inc | 9 | $1,789 |
| Abbott | 7 | $712 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $30 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $6 |
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.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$4,000
- GENERAL DBS$3,165
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,292
- Exablate$1,599
- INFINITY$456
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$172
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$120
- ReActiv8$107
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$107
How this compares
$12,546 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 114 neurological surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 neurological surgery in Charleston
- Alejandro SpiottaCharleston$894K
- Jonathan LenaCharleston$110K
- Matthew NealCharleston$65K
- Ramin EskandariCharleston$22K
- Istvan TakacsCharleston$13K
- Robert StuartCharleston$10K
- Clayton HaldemanCharleston$9K
- Brian CuddyCharleston$9K
- George KhouryCharleston$8K
- Roberta SefcikCharleston$7K
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.