Kenneth Goldman, MD
General Surgery · Plainsboro, NJNPI 1821085937
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,739 of the $4,239 with a category attached, or 64.6%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,003 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $240 in 2025.
Across 83 payments — averaging $51.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$503
- Boston Scientific$288
- Johnson & Johnson$210
- Smith+Nephew$172
- Baxter Healthcare$112
- plus $530 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,50035%
- Food & beverage$2,73965%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $2,424 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 8 | $503 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $288 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $210 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $172 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $112 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $77 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $76 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $45 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $31 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ClosureFast$1,841
- Venclose Maven Catheter$321
- VenaSeal$230
- Sonicision$150
How this compares
$4,239 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 39 general surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $29,640 |
| EliquisApixaban | 25 | $27,001 |
| SantylCollagenase Clostridium Hist. | 40 | $18,907 |
| Cilostazol | 68 | $3,077 |
| Fluocinonide | 49 | $2,165 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 23 | $1,315 |
| Cefadroxil | 54 | $629 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 26 | $526 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 18 | $339 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $152 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $210 | $29,64024 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $28 | $27,00125 claims |
| Smith+NephewSantyl | $172 | $18,90740 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 39 general surgery providers in New Jersey.
Other general surgery in Plainsboro
- Nisha DhirPlainsboro$1.7M
- Lawrence JordanPlainsboro$4K
- Adam KopelanMillburn$25K
- Steven DeakSomerset$19K
- Hee YangEnglewood Cliffs$17K
- Vadim GritsusPequannock$8K
- Stuart GeffnerLivingston$7K
- Michael MenackLakewood$5K
- Alexandra ErhardtHackensack$2K
- James GervasoniNew Brunswick$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.