Steven Shichman, MD
Urology · Hartford, CTNPI 1578558201
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $20,328 of the $27,879 with a category attached, or 72.9%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 76.7% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $15,359 and has fallen 92.4% since, to $1,171 in 2025. Among urology clinicians in CT 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 63 payments — averaging $442.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$21K
- Covidien LP$3K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$1K
- Olympus America Inc.$243
- Medtronic$174
- plus $357 from 4 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $2315.14 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.
- Covidien LP$55K
- Medtronic$24K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,32873%
- Travel & lodging$5,88121%
- Food & beverage$1,3075%
- Education$3631%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $21,391 |
| Covidien LP | 14 | $3,171 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $1,501 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $1,043 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $243 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $174 |
| Prytime Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $148 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 1 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $29 |
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.
- Monarch Platform$2,143
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,363
- TISSEEL$990
- ER-REBOA$149
- Olympus Cysto-Resection$131
How this compares
$27,879 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 156 urology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 141 | $2,093 |
| Finasteride | 55 | $727 |
| NitrofurantoinNitrofurantoin Macrocrystal | 25 | $389 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 13 | $385 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 14 | $171 |
| Dexamethasone | 11 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Hartford
- Joseph WagnerHartford$21K
- Eric KatzHartford$14K
- Jared BieniekHartford$9K
- Shanta ShepherdHartford$8K
- Christine CumarasamyHartford$6K
- Guy TronoHartford$6K
- Abram DamatoHartford$6K
- Peter BoscoHartford$3K
- Aaron TurnquistHartford$3K
- Daniel KellnerNew Haven$122K
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.