John Valvo, MD
Urology · Rochester, NYNPI 1043235138
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.2%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. EDAP Technomed Inc accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,551, more than ten times the $656 reported in 2019. Among urology clinicians in NY 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 143 payments — averaging $296.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- EDAP Technomed Inc$27K
- Intuitive Surgical$13K
- Johnson & Johnson$426
- Olympus America Inc.$401
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$200
- Medtronic$182
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,57253%
- Travel & lodging$3,2028%
- Food & beverage$4,56611%
- Education$12,10229%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EDAP Technomed Inc | 34 | $27,130 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 11 | $12,595 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 18 | $426 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 5 | $401 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 11 | $200 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $182 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $161 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 2 | $144 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $114 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $108 |
| Coloplast | 4 | $95 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $93 |
| Neotract Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Merck | 3 | $61 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $54 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $45 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 1 | $26 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Agiliti Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- FOCAL ONE$14,300
- Da Vinci Surgical System$12,450
- iTIND System$259
- UroLift System$117
- Monarch Platform$117
- AquaBeam Robotic System$116
- Olympus Laser Devices$104
How this compares
$42,442 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 952 urology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 12 | $274 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Rochester
- Ahmed GhaziRochester$71K
- Peter WalterJamestown$1.9M
- Christopher PieczonkaSyracuse$797K
- Bilal ChughtaiNew York$658K
- Katie MurrayNew York$575K
- Neil BanderNew York$544K
- Robert ValenzuelaNew York$494K
- Jeffrey SpencerCheektowaga$430K
- Kyrollis AttallaNew York$381K
- Benjamin BruckerNew York$364K
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.