Scott Holekamp, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1831357003
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 55.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,325 and has fallen 89.8% since, to $238 in 2025.
Across 81 payments — averaging $46.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$472
- Johnson & Johnson$259
- Covidien LP$157
- Axonics, Inc.$124
- THD America, Inc.$80
- plus $580 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$82222%
- Food & beverage$1,57642%
- Education$1,00026%
- Gifts$37910%
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 | 15 | $2,105 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 19 | $472 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $259 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $157 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 4 | $124 |
| THD America, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $78 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $60 |
| Stryker | 2 | $56 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $47 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $45 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $29 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Solventum Corporation | 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.
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$824
How this compares
$3,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 108 colon & rectal surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 13 | $6,696 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 42 | $1,810 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 67 | $569 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 21 | $422 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 73 | $269 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 53 | $249 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 86 | $109 |
| Metronidazole | 19 | $100 |
| Fluconazole | 15 | $91 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 17 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Pittsburgh
- Richard FortunatoPittsburgh$80K
- Jennifer Holder-MurrayPittsburgh$21K
- James CelebrezzePittsburgh$10K
- Leigh NadlerPittsburgh$6K
- Sean WhelanPittsburgh$6K
- Stanislav NosikPittsburgh$3K
- Bogdan ProtyniakWilkes-Barre$429K
- John MarksWynnewood$155K
- Joshua BleierPhiladelphia$86K
- Najjia MahmoudPhiladelphia$63K
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.