Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Michael Lowney, D.O.

Family Medicine · Boston, MA
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology — Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
1234 HYDE PARK AVE STE 101, Boston, MA 02136
6173642420
Registered in NPPES since 2009
NPI: 1205063930 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
Informational, not a quality rating. This page presents federal public records about Dr. Lowney from CMS (NPPES, Open Payments, Medicare Provider Utilization, PECOS). It is not medical advice, an endorsement, or a judgment of clinical quality. Always consult the provider directly and a licensed clinician for medical decisions. Read methodology →
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What this data tells you about Dr. Lowney

Dr. Michael Lowney is a family medicine specialist in Boston, MA, with 17 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Lowney performed 785 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Lowney received a total of $14,112 from 46 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 682 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Lowney is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 17 years of NPI registration ▲ Top 34% volume in MA $14,112 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary — 2023

Medicare Utilization ↗
785
Medicare services
Top 34% in MA for family medicine
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$81
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →

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)
A follow-up office visit for an existing patient lasting between 30 and 39 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
351 $101 $387
Office visit, established patient (20-29 min)
An office visit for an existing patient lasting between 20 and 29 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
272 $72 $271
Blood glucose level test
A test that measures the amount of sugar in your blood.
50 $4 $25
Annual wellness visit, follow-up
A follow-up annual wellness visit that includes a personalized prevention plan of service.
41 $142 $398
Office visit, established patient (10-19 min)
An office visit for an existing patient lasting 10 to 19 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
37 $50 $181
Flu vaccine administration
This procedure involves the administration of the influenza virus vaccine. It covers the process of delivering the vaccine to the patient.
22 $34 $65
Quadrivalent influenza vaccine, preservative-free
A flu shot containing four strains of the influenza virus, formulated without preservatives, administered in a 0.5 ml dose.
12 $22 $85
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$14,112
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $2,016/year across 7 years
Top 2% in MA for family medicine
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
46
Companies
682
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$1,686
2023
$2,150
2022
$1,804
2021
$1,908
2020
$1,540
2019
$2,413
2018
$2,611

Payments by company (2024)

PFIZER INC.
$321
Novo Nordisk Inc
$238
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$162
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$141
Lilly USA, LLC
$126
QOL Medical, LLC
$66
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$64
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
$59
Amgen Inc.
$56
ABBVIE INC.
$53
Exact Sciences Corporation
$47
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$45
Ardelyx, Inc.
$40
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$31
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
$31
Baxter Healthcare
$25
Medtronic, Inc.
$25
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
$25
Eisai Inc.
$24
Astellas Pharma US Inc
$23
Seqirus USA Inc
$23
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$22
Biogen, Inc.
$19
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$19
Top 3 companies account for 42.8% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
Novo Nordisk Inc
$1,899
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$1,892
PFIZER INC.
$1,598
Amgen Inc.
$1,065
Lilly USA, LLC
$888
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$653
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$599
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$560
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
$477
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$441
Astellas Pharma US Inc
$378
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
$360
ABBVIE INC.
$349
AbbVie, Inc.
$349
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation
$334
AbbVie Inc.
$303
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$283
Nestle HealthCare Nutrition Inc.
$156
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$123
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
$118
Genentech USA, Inc.
$115
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
$109
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.
$101
VBI Vaccines (Delaware) Inc.
$86
Biogen, Inc.
$76
Valeritas, Inc.
$69
QOL Medical, LLC
$66
VBI Vaccine (Delaware) Inc.
$56
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$48
Exact Sciences Corporation
$47
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
$46
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$43
Shield Therapeutics Inc
$42
Amarin Pharma Inc.
$40
Ardelyx, Inc.
$40
NESTLE HEALTHCARE NUTRITION INC.
$38
Antares Pharma, Inc.
$38
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
$36
IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS US INC
$36
Baxter Healthcare
$25
Medtronic, Inc.
$25
Eisai Inc.
$24
Seqirus USA Inc
$23
Radius Health, Inc.
$23
Celgene Corporation
$19
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$15
Top 3 companies account for 38.2% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
ACCRUFER · ADUHELM · ANORO · ANORO ELLIPTA · Aimovig · BELSOMRA · BREZTRI · BREZTRI AEROSPHERE · BYDUREON · CAMZYOS · CHANTIX · COMBIVENT RESPIMAT · COMIRNATY · CREON · Cologuard Collection Kit · Creon · ELIQUIS · EMGALITY · ENTRESTO · EVENITY · FARXIGA · Fluad · HUMIRA · Hillrom - Cardiac Ambulatory Monitor · IBSRELA · INGREZZA · INVOKANA · JANUVIA · JARDIANCE · Kerendia · LEQEMBI · LEQVIO · LINZESS · LOKELMA · LYRICA · Leqembi · MINIMED 780G · MOUNJARO · MYRBETRIQ · Myrbetriq · NASCOBAL · NEXLETOL · NURTEC ODT · Otezla · Ozempic · PAXLOVID · PNEUMOVAX 23 · PREVNAR - 13 · PREVNAR 20 · PreHevbrio · Prolia · QULIPTA · QUVIVIQ · REXULTI · RYBELSUS · Repatha · Rybelsus · SOLIQUA · SOLIQUA 100/33 · SPIRIVA RESPIMAT · STIOLTO RESPIMAT · SUCRAID · Saxenda · TOUJEO · TOVIAZ · TRELEGY ELLIPTA · TRULANCE · TRULICITY · Tymlos · UBRELVY · V-GO · VERQUVO · VIBERZI · VRAYLAR · Vascepa · Veozah · Victoza · Wegovy · XARELTO · XIFAXAN · XIFAXANIBSD · XYOSTED · Xofluza · ZENPEP
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
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Geographic Context

Family medicine physicians in nearby ZIP areas
1,033
County median income
$92,859
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON
2.5 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment PECOS PECOS snapshot
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not included N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Lowney is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with 17 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Lowney experienced with office visit, established patient (30-39 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Lowney performed 351 office visit, established patient (30-39 min) services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Lowney receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Lowney received a total of $14,112 from 46 companies across 682 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Lowney's costs compare to other family medicine physicians in Boston?
Dr. Lowney's average Medicare payment per service is $81. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Lowney) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
Source publication dates and the snapshots loaded on this site can differ. Rebuilding a page does not refresh its source records. Check the Medicare reporting year and the payment interval shown above; consult the linked official sources for newer releases and current registry details. See our data freshness policy →
About this page

This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: 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.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Industry payment disclosure alone establishes neither wrongdoing nor legality. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →