Eric Kuncir, MD
Surgery · Orange, CANPI 1053382085
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.9% of the total across 14 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 26.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $96 and has fallen 78.1% since, to $21 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $1,806.
Across 14 payments — averaging $24.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$89
- Polynovo North America LLC$72
- Johnson & Johnson$62
- Smith+Nephew$53
- Z-medica, LLC$28
- KCI USA, Inc.$18
- plus $17 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$288%
- Food & beverage$31292%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $89 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $72 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $62 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $53 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$339 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 2,363 surgery providers in California.
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 surgery in Orange
- Ninh NguyenOrange$177K
- Andrew BarlebenOrange$175K
- Timothy ChuterSan Francisco$8.8M
- Santiago HorganSan Diego$2.8M
- Rock LiuHayward$1.6M
- David LouriePasadena$1.4M
- Andrea PakulaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Siew-Ming LeeFresno$1.3M
- Beemen KhalilPalo Alto$1.1M
- John LiphamLos Angeles$942K
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.