Ashlee Godshalk Ruggles, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Pennington, NJNPI 1841558079
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (45.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 96.5% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $25,727 and has fallen 56.2% since, to $11,267 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in NJ 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 111 payments — averaging $393.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$42K
- Histosonics, Inc.$724
- Boston Scientific$231
- Covidien LP$97
- Davol Inc.$90
- Romark Laboratories, LC$59
- plus $320 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,00023%
- Travel & lodging$9,85823%
- Food & beverage$4,0819%
- Education$19,65045%
- Gifts$370%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 90 | $42,105 |
| Histosonics, Inc. | 1 | $724 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $231 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $97 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $59 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $58 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $57 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $54 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $49 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $42 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$39,905
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- RESOLUTION CLIP$106
How this compares
$43,626 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 86 colon & rectal surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin Sulfate | 23 | $121 |
| Metronidazole | 25 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Pennington
- John BerryPennington$36K
- Steven Lee-KongHackensack$55K
- Thomas LakeOakhurst$15K
- Glenn ParkerOakhurst$14K
- Daniel FeingoldNew Brunswick$14K
- Kulvir NandraGlen Ridge$12K
- Michele MalitHolmdel$11K
- Brendan ScullyNew Brunswick$11K
- Steven TizioTinton Falls$10K
- Ryan MooreHackensack$10K
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.