Nicholas Brown, MD
Surgery · Wichita, KSNPI 1639396757
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $19,913 of the $29,041 with a category attached, or 68.6%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Omnilife Science, Inc at 57.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $10,490, more than ten times the $1,008 reported in 2019. Among surgery clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 78 payments — averaging $372.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Omnilife Science, Inc$17K
- Vertex$10K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$804
- TELA Bio, Inc.$350
- Intuitive Surgical$269
- Johnson & Johnson$208
- plus $371 from 11 others
Across 56 payments — averaging $51,805 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Vertex$2.4M
- Davol Inc.$388K
- Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC$91K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,91369%
- Travel & lodging$6,84024%
- Food & beverage$2,1477%
- Education$1420%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omnilife Science, Inc | 33 | $16,640 |
| Vertex | 12 | $10,399 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $804 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 9 | $350 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $269 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $208 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $119 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Stryker | 1 | $49 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $30 |
| Distalmotion US | 1 | $23 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $2 |
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.
- OMNIBotics 3.0$16,213
- JOURNAVX$10,126
- LINX Reflux Management System$742
- Da Vinci Surgical System$142
- SpyGlass Discover$119
How this compares
$29,041 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 271 surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 46 | $689 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 42 | $368 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $313 |
| Sucralfate | 12 | $276 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $152 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $82 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 19 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Wichita
- Jeremy HowesWichita$111K
- Bradon BitterWichita$33K
- Scott PorterWichita$17K
- Sarah CornWichita$15K
- Craig SudbeckWichita$11K
- David GranthamWichita$10K
- Aaron NilhasWichita$9K
- Ronald NoldWichita$8K
- Austin GeorgeWichita$8K
- Omar HasanWichita$8K
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.