Boris Gershman, MD
Urology · Providence, RINPI 1013177518
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,276 of the $13,314 with a category attached, or 62.2%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by BK Medical Holding Company Inc. at 54.9% of the total. Among urology clinicians in RI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 21 payments — averaging $634.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- BK Medical Holding Company Inc.$7K
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
- Beckman Coulter, Inc.$2K
- Photocure Inc$822
- Urogen Pharma, Inc.$123
- Pfizer$30
- plus $40 from 2 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $15,163 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.
- Photocure Inc$61K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,27662%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,60035%
- Food & beverage$4383%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BK Medical Holding Company Inc. | 8 | $7,316 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $2,984 |
| Beckman Coulter, Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Photocure Inc | 3 | $822 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $30 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $25 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $14 |
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.
- bk3000, bk3500 & bk5000 Ultrasound System$6,100
- ADSTILADRIN$2,941
- DXI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer$2,000
- Cysview$750
- ZUSDURI$123
How this compares
$13,314 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 55 urology providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 113 | $1,937 |
| Finasteride | 47 | $635 |
| Cefpodoxime Proxetil | 69 | $550 |
| Levofloxacin | 70 | $112 |
| Cephalexin | 40 | $79 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Providence
- Dicken KoProvidence$158K
- Gyan PareekProvidence$83K
- Joseph RenzulliProvidence$81K
- Simone ThavaseelanProvidence$16K
- Janice Santos CortesProvidence$12K
- Dragan GolijaninProvidence$11K
- Elias HyamsProvidence$10K
- Andrew TompkinsProvidence$3K
- Ashley MatthewProvidence$3K
- Gabriella AvellinoProvidence$2K
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.