Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $16.02 | 1 | 100.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $16.02 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $16.02 | 1 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ($16.02) |
All Payment Transactions
1 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/15/2018 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.02 | General |
| Category: Devices | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15 | 381 | 410 | $139,755 | $19,098 |
| 2022 | 12 | 307 | 324 | $77,460 | $12,318 |
| 2021 | 18 | 439 | 463 | $362,193 | $31,604 |
| 2020 | 21 | 492 | 538 | $284,872 | $29,536 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
67 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36821 | Relocation of arm vein with connection to arm artery for hemodialysis | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $45,687 | $5,118 | 11.2% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 27 | 27 | $9,677 | $2,427 | 25.1% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 15 | $12,315 | $1,859 | 15.1% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | Facility | 2023 | 49 | 52 | $12,688 | $1,416 | 11.2% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 26 | $5,946 | $1,218 | 20.5% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $6,624 | $1,186 | 17.9% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 23 | $3,526 | $1,157 | 32.8% |
| 93926 | Ultrasound of one leg arteries or artery grafts | Facility | 2023 | 58 | 69 | $10,212 | $1,046 | 10.2% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 36 | 41 | $4,092 | $962.79 | 23.5% |
| 93978 | Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts | Facility | 2023 | 35 | 35 | $8,400 | $842.40 | 10.0% |
| 93925 | Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 20 | $4,800 | $508.86 | 10.6% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | Office | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $7,526 | $499.13 | 6.6% |
| 93971 | Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 22 | $3,014 | $337.89 | 11.2% |
| 93923 | Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $1,890 | $207.87 | 11.0% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 18 | $2,196 | $164.70 | 7.5% |
| 76937 | Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $1,162 | $146.86 | 12.6% |
| 36902 | Insertion of needle and/or tube into hemodialysis circuit and balloon dilation of dialysis segment with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 16 | $22,576 | $2,876 | 12.7% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 44 | 44 | $9,393 | $2,524 | 26.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 16 | 16 | $5,326 | $1,659 | 31.1% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | Facility | 2022 | 45 | 46 | $11,224 | $1,136 | 10.1% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 22 | 22 | $3,200 | $982.85 | 30.7% |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 36 | 40 | $3,751 | $946.76 | 25.2% |
| 93926 | Ultrasound of one leg arteries or artery grafts | Facility | 2022 | 46 | 51 | $7,548 | $743.46 | 9.8% |
| 93978 | Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts | Facility | 2022 | 23 | 23 | $5,520 | $523.58 | 9.5% |
| 93925 | Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 12 | $2,880 | $325.54 | 11.3% |
About Christopher Bunch
Christopher Bunch is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Duluth, Minnesota. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 12/11/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1790845774.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Christopher Bunch has received a total of $16.02 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $16.02 received in 2018. These payments were reported across 1 transactions from 1 company. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($16.02).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bunch has provided services to 1,619 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,735 services with total Medicare billing of $92,555. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 67 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Surgery
- Other Specialties Vascular Surgery
- Location Duluth, MN
- Active Since 12/11/2006
- Last Updated 02/25/2016
- Taxonomy Code 208600000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1790845774
Products in Payments
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (Device) $16.02
Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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