Timothy Sowder
Anesthesiology · Kansas City, KSNPI 1013328053
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.4%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,632 and has fallen 92.5% since, to $424 in 2025. Among anesthesiology 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 132 payments — averaging $98.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Nevro Corp.$4K
- Abbott$1K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$947
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$852
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$580
- plus $536 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$5,00038%
- Travel & lodging$2,48719%
- Food & beverage$5,51342%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $5,163 |
| Nevro Corp. | 72 | $3,887 |
| Abbott | 17 | $1,036 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 10 | $947 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 7 | $852 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 4 | $580 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $228 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $138 |
| MML US, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $38 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 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.
- SYNCHROMED$5,000
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,443
- Intracept$1,058
- Omnia$895
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$731
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$643
- Prodigy Family of SCS IPGs$272
- PAINTEQ$228
- Proclaim DRG IPG$225
- Senza$125
- PROCLAIM$115
How this compares
$13,000 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 337 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 260 | $2,956 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 68 | $1,443 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 19 | $1,245 |
| Pregabalin | 48 | $1,136 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 115 | $1,091 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 36 | $1,023 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 77 | $708 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $317 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $233 |
| Meloxicam | 59 | $175 |
| Diazepam | 14 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Kansas City
- Richard UhlenhoppKansas City$16K
- Susheel GovindanKansas City$10K
- Anthony KovacKansas City$8K
- Michael TolletteKansas City$6K
- Andrew SackKansas City$5K
- Jared StaabKansas City$4K
- Joel GrigsbyKansas City$2K
- Kelsey GustafsonKansas City$1K
- Taylor CarterKansas City$1K
- Sajjan GayamKansas City$1K
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.