Total Payments
$135,494
2024 Payments
$1,981
Companies
11
Transactions
132
Medicare Patients
204
Medicare Billing
$62,699
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$81,689 (60.3%)
Consulting$45,463 (33.6%)
Travel$5,693 (4.2%)
Food & Beverage$2,650 (2.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $59,639 | 22 | 44.0% |
| Consulting Fee | $45,463 | 26 | 33.6% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $21,600 | 6 | 15.9% |
| Travel and Lodging | $5,693 | 26 | 4.2% |
| Food and Beverage | $2,650 | 51 | 2.0% |
| Honoraria | $450.00 | 1 | 0.3% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $74,636 | 62 | $0 (2024) |
| Cook Incorporated | $25,151 | 21 | $0 (2019) |
| Baxter Healthcare | $22,075 | 19 | $0 (2023) |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $9,600 | 14 | $0 (2021) |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | $1,724 | 2 | $0 (2018) |
| Olympus America Inc. | $858.00 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| Hologic Sales and Service, LLC | $481.13 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| DAVOL INC. | $450.00 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| Cook Medical LLC | $351.29 | 7 | $0 (2019) |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $133.83 | 2 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,981 | 5 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($1,500) |
| 2023 | $18,438 | 17 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($18,424) |
| 2022 | $134.71 | 1 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($134.71) |
| 2021 | $18,247 | 23 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($9,600) |
| 2020 | $35,711 | 25 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($33,416) |
| 2019 | $41,517 | 34 | Cook Incorporated ($20,265) |
| 2018 | $16,275 | 19 | BAXTER HEALTHCARE ($5,355) |
| 2017 | $3,190 | 8 | BAXTER HEALTHCARE ($2,976) |
All Payment Transactions
132 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 6
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/19/2024 | Hologic Sales and Service, LLC | CoolSeal Generator (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $400.00 | General |
| Category: Surgical | ||||||
| 07/18/2024 | Hologic Sales and Service, LLC | CoolSeal Generator (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $81.13 | General |
| Category: Surgical | ||||||
| 03/29/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $750.00 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/29/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $500.00 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/29/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $250.00 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_ENDO | ||||||
| 04/05/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 04/05/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,000.00 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 04/05/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,000.00 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 04/05/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $221.96 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 04/05/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $116.89 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 04/05/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $93.24 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/22/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.71 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/21/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $594.89 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/21/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $67.75 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/20/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.78 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/03/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,000.00 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/03/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $3,000.00 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/03/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,500.00 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/03/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $243.87 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 03/03/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $25.00 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 02/09/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass Discover (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $546.02 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass Discover_ENDO | ||||||
| 02/08/2023 | Baxter Healthcare | PERI-STRIPS DRY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.83 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 10/15/2022 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SpyGlass (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $134.71 | General |
| Category: SpyGlass_ENDO | ||||||
| 12/15/2021 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $86.40 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/15/2021 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $27.73 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 11 | 11 | $1,056 | $305.20 |
| 2022 | 3 | 47 | 47 | $114,565 | $18,757 |
| 2021 | 5 | 80 | 86 | $159,272 | $24,263 |
| 2020 | 4 | 66 | 66 | $112,967 | $19,373 |
Total Patients
204
Total Services
210
Medicare Billing
$62,699
Procedure Codes
13
All Medicare Procedures & Services
13 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $1,056 | $305.20 | 28.9% |
| 43281 | Repair of hernia of muscle at esophagus and stomach using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $100,201 | $16,064 | 16.0% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 24 | 24 | $8,400 | $1,583 | 18.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $5,964 | $1,110 | 18.6% |
| 43281 | Repair of hernia of muscle at esophagus and stomach using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 16 | 17 | $145,118 | $20,710 | 14.3% |
| 99203 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 21 | 21 | $7,518 | $1,500 | 20.0% |
| 99212 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 10-19 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 20 | 24 | $2,304 | $761.35 | 33.0% |
| 99442 | Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 13 | $2,275 | $649.00 | 28.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 11 | 11 | $2,057 | $643.28 | 31.3% |
| 43281 | Repair of hernia of muscle at esophagus and stomach using an endoscope | Facility | 2020 | 11 | 11 | $98,473 | $16,207 | 16.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 21 | 21 | $7,686 | $1,407 | 18.3% |
| 99443 | Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion | Facility | 2020 | 16 | 16 | $4,000 | $1,035 | 25.9% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 18 | 18 | $2,808 | $724.42 | 25.8% |
About Dr. Eric Hungness, MD
Dr. Eric Hungness, MD is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Chicago, Illinois. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/22/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1336193283.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Eric Hungness, MD has received a total of $135,494 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,981 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 132 transactions from 11 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($59,639).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hungness has provided services to 204 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 210 services with total Medicare billing of $62,699. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 13 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Surgery
- Location Chicago, IL
- Active Since 05/22/2006
- Last Updated 07/11/2007
- Taxonomy Code 208600000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1336193283
Products in Payments
- SPYGLASS (Device) $38,255
- Cook Medical CBDE (Device) $20,666
- SpyGlass Discover (Device) $18,424
- PERI-STRIPS DRY (Biological) $13,985
- Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $9,600
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES (Device) $6,213
- GENERAL - THERAPIES (Device) $5,543
- COOK MEDICAL CBDE (Device) $4,443
- PERI-STRIPS DRY (Device) $2,564
- No Related Product (Device) $2,550
- Surgical Care - Tisseel (Biological) $1,926
- HTX-011 (Drug) $1,724
- GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $1,644
- TISSEEL (Biological) $1,020
- ENCORE (Device) $850.00
- SPYBITE (Device) $850.00
- Spectra WaveWriter (Device) $518.62
- CoolSeal Generator (Device) $481.13
- SPYSCOPE (Device) $450.29
- ARISTA AH (Device) $450.00
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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