Stefan Holubar, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1033313747
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $9,780 of the $12,326 with a category attached, or 79.3%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Shionogi Inc at 54.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $6,920 and has fallen 86.2% since, to $952 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in OH 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 30 payments — averaging $410.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Shionogi Inc$7K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Baxter Healthcare$370
- AbbVie$175
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$159
- plus $659 from 6 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $5596.42 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$34K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,78079%
- Food & beverage$2,54621%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $6,700 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $3,080 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 14 | $1,183 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $370 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $175 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $143 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Prescient Surgical | 1 | $134 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $118 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $67 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $60 |
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.
- Symproic$6,700
- Tremfya$263
- TISSEEL$236
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$223
- HemoBlast Bellows$159
- Echelon Circular$146
- Echelon Flex$146
- Harmonic$146
- Enseal$146
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$137
- CleanCision$134
- CONTOUR$127
- Axonics$118
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$111
- Rinvoq$110
How this compares
$12,326 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 101 colon & rectal surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 17 | $1,189 |
| Lactated RingersRinger's Solution,lactated | 12 | $215 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 16 | $61 |
| Metronidazole | 15 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Cleveland
- Vincent ObiasCleveland$124K
- David RosenCleveland$102K
- Jean AshburnCleveland$81K
- Anna SpivakCleveland$54K
- Scott SteeleCleveland$28K
- Michael LiuCleveland$18K
- Conor DelaneyCleveland$16K
- David DietzCleveland$11K
- Haniee ChungCleveland$11K
- Hermann KesslerCleveland$10K
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.