Shannon McGowan
Surgical · Burlington, NCNPI 1629147665
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,175 of the $2,661 with a category attached, or 81.7%. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among surgical clinicians in NC 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 112 payments — averaging $23.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$404
- Medtronic$319
- Teleflex LLC$200
- Johnson & Johnson$157
- Pfizer$156
- Endo USA, Inc.$156
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1957%
- Food & beverage$2,17582%
- Education$29111%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 13 | $404 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $319 |
| Teleflex LLC | 8 | $200 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $157 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $156 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 7 | $156 |
| Coloplast | 4 | $155 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $153 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $149 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 7 | $140 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $130 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 6 | $95 |
| Bayer | 4 | $88 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Merck | 3 | $73 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 4 | $45 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Photocure Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- INTERSTIM$169
- Luja Coude$102
How this compares
$2,661 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 248 surgical providers in North 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 204 | $136,515 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 138 | $113,098 |
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 20 | $8,971 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 364 | $5,563 |
| Finasteride | 327 | $4,730 |
| Trospium Chloride ErTrospium Chloride | 11 | $4,725 |
| Testosterone | 42 | $4,591 |
| Estradiol | 55 | $3,404 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 63 | $2,174 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 74 | $1,993 |
| Trospium Chloride | 26 | $1,853 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 20 | $1,454 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 15 | $1,283 |
| Silodosin | 28 | $1,124 |
| Trimethoprim | 13 | $992 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $140 | $136,515204 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $404 | $113,098138 claims |
| PfizerPremarin | $156 | $8,97120 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 248 surgical providers in North Carolina.
Other surgical in Burlington
- Jonathan MundyBurlington$1K
- Kevan HaasChapel Hill$44K
- Lawrence LandriganWilmington$12K
- Erika LynchLeland$10K
- Sheila AndersonWilmington$10K
- Christopher CraigWinston Salem$9K
- Megan McNamaraWilmington$9K
- Anna LandenDurham$7K
- Jeffrey ProbstWilmington$5K
- James WatsonSalisbury$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.