Tobias Kohler, MD
Urology · Rochester, MNNPI 1073656617
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Coloplast accounts for 96.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $47,732 and has fallen 91.8% since, to $3,924 in 2024. Among urology clinicians in MN 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 126 payments — averaging $706.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coloplast$86K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Axonics, Inc.$347
- Cook Medical LLC$200
- SRS Medical Systems, Inc.$96
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$75
- plus $137 from 3 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $4829.92 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.
- Endo USA, Inc.$17K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$5K
- AbbVie$2K
- Boston Scientific$465
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$46,94153%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0001%
- Travel & lodging$28,97433%
- Food & beverage$4,8795%
- Education$7,2028%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coloplast | 102 | $85,960 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $2,181 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 5 | $347 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $200 |
| SRS Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $75 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $43 |
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.
- TITAN$82,856
- GENESIS$1,180
- rezum Generator$1,000
- SPEEDICATH$240
- Axonics$150
- Cook Medical Stents$120
How this compares
$88,996 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 247 urology providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dutasteride | 11 | $509 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Rochester
- Jonathan WarnerRochester$144K
- Stephen BoorjianRochester$61K
- Robert KarnesRochester$29K
- Kevin WymerRochester$16K
- Paras ShahRochester$14K
- Matthew ZiegelmannRochester$9K
- Meghan CooperRochester$8K
- Sevann HeloRochester$6K
- Brian LinderRochester$6K
- Aaron PotretzkeRochester$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.