Thomas Kole
Radiation Oncology · Middletown, NJNPI 1598064545
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.5%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Brainlab, Inc. at 55.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,035 and has fallen 87.1% since, to $391 in 2025. Among radiation oncology clinicians in NJ 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 68 payments — averaging $123.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Brainlab, Inc.$5K
- Novocure Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$414
- Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.$316
- Elekta, Inc.$316
- Accuray Incorporated$134
- plus $306 from 8 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $4615.36 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.
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$28K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50018%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,00012%
- Travel & lodging$2,32428%
- Food & beverage$3,57143%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brainlab, Inc. | 33 | $4,678 |
| Novocure Inc. | 14 | $2,232 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $414 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $316 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 4 | $316 |
| Accuray Incorporated | 1 | $134 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $93 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Fortovia Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Image Guided Surgical Device$3,447
- Optune$397
- SpaceOAR VUE System - 10mL$364
- ZAP-X MV IMAGER$316
- ZAP-X TREATMENT PLANNING SOFTWARE$316
- ZAP-X TREATMENT DELIVERY SOFTWARE$316
- ZAP-X RADIOSURGERY SYSTEM$316
- LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE ICON$140
- CyberKnife System$134
- TomoTherapy System$134
- PYLARIFY$108
- Surgical planning and navigation radiation treatment planning and positioning$100
How this compares
$8,395 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 132 radiation oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 317 | $4,682 |
| Dexamethasone | 76 | $399 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 62 | $135 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 13 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other radiation oncology in Middletown
- Michael GreenbergCherry Hill$335K
- Glen GejermanHackensack$180K
- Marc RudoltzWest Orange$166K
- Salma JabbourNew Brunswick$163K
- Edward SoffenMonroe Twp$50K
- Adnan DanishWayne$45K
- Timothy ChenPennington$43K
- Brett LewisHackensack$23K
- Sang SimLong Branch$16K
- John WilsonVoorhees Township$5K
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.