Benjamin Kunen, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · New Orleans, LANPI 1295266328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inari Medical, Inc. at 38.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,708 and has fallen 85.2% since, to $254 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in LA 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 20 payments — averaging $104.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$815
- Philips North America LLC$576
- Stryker$226
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$170
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$109
- Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc.$96
- plus $107 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$99948%
- Food & beverage$1,10052%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 8 | $815 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $576 |
| Stryker | 2 | $226 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $23 |
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.
How this compares
$2,099 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 418 diagnostic radiology providers in Louisiana.
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.
Other diagnostic radiology in New Orleans
- James GrudenNew Orleans$171K
- Ankit PansaraNew Orleans$28K
- Eric RubinNew Orleans$24K
- Richard TramelNew Orleans$23K
- Mary EzellNew Orleans$10K
- Bahri UstunsozNew Orleans$8K
- Raman DanradNew Orleans$6K
- Andrew StevenNew Orleans$3K
- Gregory CarbonellaNew Orleans$3K
- Vilert LovingNew Orleans$3K
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.