Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

CHRISTOPHER MCGOWAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1720204241
CMS profile
1237738
Location
CARY, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$66,034.66

  • Reported across 158 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$17,468.94

9 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8,250.00 2
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $7,540.94 5
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH $1,678.00 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $809.70 44
PY2019 $10,432.39 49
PY2020 $11,222.52 20
PY2021 $7,505.47 15
PY2022 $15,878.56 16
PY2023 $2,717.08 5
PY2024 $17,468.94 9

Payment records · PY2024 (9)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Boston Scientific Corporation $40.94 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357007 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,000.00 12/05/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357009 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,500.00 12/05/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357011 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,750.00 12/27/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357013 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3,250.00 12/27/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092357015 CMS
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH $100.00 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149433061 CMS
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH $1,578.00 11/22/2024 Honoraria Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149421153 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,100.00 08/02/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137293739 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $7,150.00 12/11/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137138478 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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