Michael Stifelman, MD
Urology · Hackensack, NJNPI 1750375564
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $952,898 of the $1,395,397 with a category attached, or 68.3%. Vascular Technology, Inc. accounts for 61.5% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $803,561 and has fallen 78.8% since, to $170,217 in 2025. Among urology clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 526 payments — averaging $2652.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vascular Technology, Inc.$858K
- Intuitive Surgical$496K
- Johnson & Johnson$21K
- Procept Biorobotics Corporation$10K
- Conmed Corporation$8K
- Boston Scientific$801
- plus $2K from 19 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $15,992 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.
- Conmed Corporation$190K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$66K
Across 7 payments — averaging $2802.86 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Applied Medical Corporation$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$220,92616%
- Speaking & faculty fees$952,89868%
- Travel & lodging$54,2484%
- Food & beverage$17,5261%
- Education$149,74611%
- Gifts$540%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vascular Technology, Inc. | 7 | $857,734 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 455 | $495,629 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 9 | $21,428 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 10 | $9,751 |
| Conmed Corporation | 8 | $8,427 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $801 |
| EDAP Technomed Inc | 3 | $261 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $175 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. | 1 | $146 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 2 | $115 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $96 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Histosonics, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $50 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 1 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $26 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $21 |
| Civco Medical Instruments | 1 | $18 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$445,585
- DA VINCI SP$44,775
- STRATAFIX$21,383
- VICRYL$21,383
- LAPRA-TY Suture Clip$18,683
- SURGICEL Family of Absorbable Hemostats$18,683
- AQUABEAM SYSTEM$9,100
- AIRSEAL$8,353
- MONOCRYL$2,700
- PDS$2,700
- AquaBeam Robotic System$477
- CONMED SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL$244
- GENERAL KIDNEY STONE DISEASE$242
- Bulkamid$149
- Axonics$149
- Olympus$142
- Foot Switch for UES-40$142
- URETERO-RENO VIDEOSCOPE$142
- STONE CONE$124
How this compares
$1,395,397 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 401 urology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 18 | $12,502 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 37 | $583 |
| Finasteride | 25 | $361 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 11 | $218 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Hackensack
- Ravi MunverHackensack$529K
- Nitin YerramHackensack$82K
- Bethany DesrochesHackensack$32K
- Grace ChenHackensack$31K
- Gordon BrownCherry Hill$1.3M
- Thomas MuellerLinwood$1.1M
- David SussmanLinwood$802K
- Michael IngberDenville$530K
- Grannum SantBridgewater$487K
- Mutahar AhmedMaywood$414K
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.