Sean Brown, PA
Physician Assistant · Portland, ORNPI 1285969311
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 52.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $14,021 and has fallen 59.0% since, to $5,750 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in OR 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 193 payments — averaging $221.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$22K
- Abbott$14K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$4K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$702
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$348
- plus $627 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,8627%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,22450%
- Travel & lodging$12,79130%
- Food & beverage$5,93614%
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 | 78 | $22,386 |
| Abbott | 66 | $14,057 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 7 | $3,510 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,183 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 13 | $702 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 6 | $348 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $215 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 1 | $117 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $77 |
| Stryker | 1 | $53 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$9,966
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$7,397
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$4,890
- COFLEX INTERLAMINAR TECHNOLOGY, 10MM$3,277
- Axium$2,647
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$2,578
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,480
- ETERNA$401
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$400
- Firebird SI Navigation System$389
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$189
- Explorer TO$170
- Evoke SCS$141
- M6-C$120
- PressOn$117
How this compares
$42,813 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,756 physician assistant providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 47 | $609 |
| Celecoxib | 21 | $503 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $400 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 45 | $382 |
| Methocarbamol | 38 | $331 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $187 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $119 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 19 | $113 |
| Meloxicam | 16 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Portland
- Meegan MangumPortland$25K
- Scott FrazeePortland$24K
- Lucy NusralaPortland$9K
- Thomas SextonPortland$9K
- Madelyn DoPortland$8K
- Kevin BrandtPortland$8K
- Virginia WhitneyPortland$8K
- Mary BurnellPortland$7K
- William SimpsonPortland$7K
- Kelsey PerfectPortland$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.