Paul Kolarsick, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Eatontown, NJNPI 1730526070
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 49.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,332 and has fallen 63.6% since, to $849 in 2025.
Across 46 payments — averaging $132.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- THD America, Inc.$749
- Davol Inc.$700
- Medtronic$324
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$312
- Johnson & Johnson$287
- plus $699 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,57026%
- Food & beverage$3,52458%
- Education$1,00016%
- Gifts$160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 14 | $3,040 |
| THD America, Inc. | 6 | $749 |
| Davol Inc. | 7 | $700 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $324 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $312 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $287 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $201 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| BD | 1 | $109 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $107 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $65 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $24 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $20 |
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$2,821
- CYTAL$262
- Phasix Mesh$262
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$181
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$181
- PRIMATRIX$181
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$181
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$181
- HemoBlast Bellows$174
- Bard 3DMax Mesh$155
- Echelon Flex$133
- LigaSure$129
- ARISTA$123
- VISTASEAL$118
- Echelon Endopath Staple Line Reinforcement$118
- CoolSeal Generator$113
- Cook Medical Surgery$107
How this compares
$6,110 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 86 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin Sulfate | 11 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Eatontown
- Roy DressnerEatontown$5K
- Michael ArvanitisEatontown$2K
- Steven Lee-KongHackensack$55K
- Ashlee Godshalk RugglesPennington$44K
- John BerryPennington$36K
- Thomas LakeOakhurst$15K
- Glenn ParkerOakhurst$14K
- Daniel FeingoldNew Brunswick$14K
- Kulvir NandraGlen Ridge$12K
- Michele MalitHolmdel$11K
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.