Dr. Kellen Gower, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Gower
Dr. Kellen Gower is a sports medicine (family medicine) physician in Brooksville, FL, with 9 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Gower performed 5,200 Medicare services across 4,016 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Gower received a total of $6,868 from 49 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 336 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in sports medicine (family medicine) physician. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Gower is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 1,042 | $84 | $264 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 315 | $8 | $17 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 314 | $123 | $267 |
| Annual depression screening | 308 | $17 | $38 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 286 | $80 | $171 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 248 | $7 | $16 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 242 | $10 | $21 |
| Lipid panel (cholesterol and triglycerides) | 227 | $13 | $27 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 197 | $60 | $187 |
| Hemoglobin A1c test (diabetes monitoring) | 157 | $9 | $19 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 143 | $120 | $371 |
| Urine microalbumin test (kidney screening) | 125 | $6 | $12 |
| Creatinine test (kidney function) | 125 | $5 | $10 |
| Destruction of precancerous skin growths, 2-14 | 105 | $4 | $14 |
| Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test | 103 | $16 | $34 |
| Automated urinalysis | 96 | $2 | $4 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 90 | $269 | $574 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 89 | $30 | $64 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 80 | $30 | $64 |
| Betamethasone steroid injection | 68 | $5 | $13 |
| PSA test (prostate cancer screening) | 67 | $17 | $37 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 57 | $15 | $30 |
| Folic acid level test | 57 | $14 | $29 |
| Free thyroxine (T4) test | 55 | $9 | $18 |
| Hepatitis c antibody screening, for individual at high risk and other covered indication(s) | 49 | $45 | $93 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 47 | $95 | $347 |
| Flu vaccine, quadrivalent | 39 | $76 | $148 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | 37 | $73 | $212 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 36 | $8 | $31 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 34 | $69 | $145 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 34 | $157 | $343 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 32 | $208 | $570 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 31 | $13 | $27 |
| Iron level test | 31 | $6 | $13 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 31 | $9 | $17 |
| Destruction of precancerous skin growth, 1 | 27 | $37 | $139 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ecg with 12 leads; performed as a screening for the initial preventive physical examination with interpretation and report | 27 | $5 | $30 |
| Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and influenza | 24 | $44 | $144 |
| Vitamin D level test | 19 | $29 | $59 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes | 19 | $15 | $31 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 19 | $24 | $54 |
| Urinalysis with microscopic exam | 17 | $3 | $6 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 15 | $10 | $30 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 13 | $29 | $101 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 12 | $162 | $343 |
| Urine culture, bacterial colony count | 11 | $8 | $16 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (97%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 6% for sports medicine (family medicine) physician in FL.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Gower is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 17% in FL), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 6%).
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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