Steven Cohen, DO
Nephrology · Trenton, NJNPI 1659301166
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 213 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. at 27.9% of the total.
Across 213 payments — averaging $15.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$892
- AstraZeneca$468
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$337
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$263
- Bayer$243
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$175
- plus $817 from 13 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $19,965 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.
- Amgen$20K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,182100%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 73 | $892 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 27 | $468 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 20 | $337 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 24 | $263 |
| Bayer | 14 | $243 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 11 | $175 |
| Amgen | 1 | $116 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 6 | $102 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 6 | $102 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 7 | $96 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Novartis | 5 | $80 |
| GSK | 3 | $48 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
| Fresenius USA Manufacturing, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Tavneos$116
How this compares
$3,194 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 413 nephrology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 27 | $79,918 |
| Doxercalciferol | 36 | $55,003 |
| ProcritEpoetin Alfa | 33 | $37,571 |
| AuryxiaFerric Citrate | 16 | $34,789 |
| Lanthanum Carbonate | 16 | $15,975 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 103 | $14,292 |
| Calcitriol | 166 | $6,548 |
| Irbesartan | 52 | $1,964 |
| Calcium Acetate | 12 | $1,015 |
| Losartan Potassium | 57 | $753 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 42 | $742 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 23 | $629 |
| Ramipril | 28 | $438 |
| Furosemide | 51 | $422 |
| Carvedilol | 14 | $289 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $892 | $79,91827 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonProcrit | $27 | $37,57133 claims |
| Akebia Therapeutics IncAuryxia | $96 | $34,78916 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 75th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.
Other nephrology in Trenton
- Asher HussainTrenton$6K
- Lawrence ByrdLivingston$338K
- Jeffrey FeldmanUnion$315K
- Joshua KaplanNewark$154K
- Vadim FinkielsteinPrinceton Junction$139K
- Neeraj SinghNew Brunswick$133K
- Harry DounisNeptune$75K
- Kenneth LissEatontown$75K
- Jeffrey GoodmanFlorham Park$70K
- Arif AsifNeptune$42K
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.