James Zalucki, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Ellicott City, MDNPI 1760485353
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.4% of the total across 84 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,494 and has fallen 50.4% since, to $741 in 2025.
Across 84 payments — averaging $60.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- THD America, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$701
- Johnson & Johnson$480
- Davol Inc.$429
- Axonics, Inc.$423
- AbbVie$277
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4338%
- Food & beverage$4,61890%
- Gifts$571%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| THD America, Inc. | 6 | $1,013 |
| Stryker | 11 | $701 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $480 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $429 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 7 | $423 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $277 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $263 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $239 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 8 | $184 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 8 | $157 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $138 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $127 |
| Vioptix Inc | 2 | $116 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $85 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $24 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- INTEGRA$413
- 1788$323
- PROGEL$212
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$166
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$162
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$150
- Enseal X1$144
- STRATAFIX$144
- Echelon Circular$144
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$138
- PRIMATRIX$138
- STRATTICE$133
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$119
- Echelon Powered Circular$114
- GORE SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial$113
- Enseal$111
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$100
How this compares
$5,108 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 29 colon & rectal surgery providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 78 | $4,563 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 22 | $950 |
| Fluconazole | 20 | $124 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $64 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $32 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $13 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Ellicott City
- Irina BernescuBaltimore$93K
- Bashar SafarBaltimore$26K
- Joshua WolfBaltimore$24K
- Philip FerrisBaltimore$11K
- Ivane ChuaTowson$10K
- Valerie Cabrera LeonTowson$10K
- Joseph DiroccoTowson$8K
- James DuncanBethesda$5K
- Chady AtallahBaltimore$4K
- Benjamin QuarteyBethesda$4K
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.