James Kolbeck, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1821209792
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,036 of the $5,053 with a category attached, or 60.1%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 59.2% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $5,396.
Across 72 payments — averaging $70.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$321
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$188
- Abiomed$86
- Stryker$16
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,01740%
- Food & beverage$3,03660%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 45 | $2,990 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,438 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $321 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $188 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $86 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$5,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 84 interventional cardiology providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 252 | $298,351 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 119 | $127,087 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 69 | $85,135 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 27 | $32,037 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 33 | $25,830 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 486 | $7,823 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 309 | $3,870 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 172 | $3,223 |
| Bumetanide | 45 | $3,133 |
| Losartan Potassium | 167 | $2,598 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 173 | $2,486 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 77 | $1,813 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 65 | $1,603 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 119 | $1,488 |
| Furosemide | 217 | $1,396 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Saint Paul
- Brett OestreichSaint Paul$26K
- Marat YanavitskiSaint Paul$21K
- Jennifer RiggsSaint Paul$17K
- Bilal MuradSaint Paul$17K
- Kenneth BaranSaint Paul$16K
- Abdalla HassanSaint Paul$9K
- Marit ThorsgardSaint Paul$9K
- Thom DahleSaint Cloud$1.1M
- Stephen KiddSaint Cloud$607K
- Brian StegmanSt Cloud$587K
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.