Kunal Kochar, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Park Ridge, ILNPI 1063724664
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.8%), education and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 49.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,039 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $496 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $101.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Axonics, Inc.$767
- Johnson & Johnson$684
- Davol Inc.$645
- Medtronic$553
- AbbVie$293
- plus $721 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$250%
- Food & beverage$4,18658%
- Education$3,00041%
- Gifts$270%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $3,575 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 16 | $767 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $684 |
| Davol Inc. | 8 | $645 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $553 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $293 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $111 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 5 | $110 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $91 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $86 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $32 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Vertex | 1 | $30 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- Echelon Flex$542
- Da Vinci Surgical System$530
- Axonics$442
- Echelon Circular$418
- PHASIX$291
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$247
- Enseal$242
- INTERSTIM$160
- Enseal X1$150
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$150
- CONTOUR$150
- Harmonic$143
- Signia$142
- Endopath$124
- Phasix Mesh$117
- LigaSure$111
How this compares
$7,237 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 79 colon & rectal surgery providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 22 | $1,446 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 63 | $875 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 14 | $552 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 15 | $182 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 36 | $117 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $78 |
| Metronidazole | 35 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Park Ridge
- John ParkPark Ridge$14K
- Kelly FeningPark Ridge$3K
- Marc SingerChicago$201K
- Francisco QuinterosChicago$119K
- Lawrence PrabhakerRockford$81K
- Konstantin UmanskiyChicago$30K
- Vitaliy PoylinChicago$26K
- Monika KrezalekHighland Park$23K
- Jeremy SugrueNaperville$22K
- Neil HymanChicago$20K
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.