Bodo Knudsen, MD
Urology · Columbus, OHNPI 1467401489
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 35.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $67,149 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $290 in 2025. Among urology clinicians in OH 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 85 payments — averaging $1271.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$39K
- Gyrus ACMI, Inc.$36K
- Olympus America Inc.$23K
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$10K
- Verathon Inc.$600
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$55
- plus $61 from 2 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $15,876 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Gyrus ACMI, Inc.$159K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$57,54053%
- Speaking & faculty fees$33,11031%
- Travel & lodging$16,47915%
- Food & beverage$9641%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $38,755 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 28 | $35,551 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 27 | $22,640 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 7 | $10,431 |
| Verathon Inc. | 1 | $600 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 1 | $55 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| BD | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Olympus Laser Devices$29,170
- GENERAL KIDNEY STONE DISEASE$24,850
- Soltive$23,240
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$13,529
- UGN Laser Capital$3,240
- UGN Laser Fibers$3,240
- NPD Application Bladder Imaging$600
- LithoVue$143
- iTIND System$104
How this compares
$108,093 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 485 urology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 12 | $2,378 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 27 | $369 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 56 | $359 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 35 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Columbus
- Gregory LoweColumbus$106K
- George HoColumbus$72K
- Hiren PatelColumbus$54K
- Michael FarrellColumbus$52K
- Nicholas TadrosColumbus$32K
- Eric RiedingerColumbus$27K
- Eric SingerColumbus$25K
- Cheryl LeeColumbus$22K
- Matthew LeeColumbus$16K
- Lawrence GervasiMiddleburg Heights$1.1M
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.