Kunal Thakkar, MD
Otolaryngology · Jacksonville Beach, FLNPI 1306009139
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $13,658 of the $15,750 with a category attached, or 86.7%. Medtronic accounts for 90.0% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,344 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $264 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in FL 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 74 payments — averaging $212.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$14K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$494
- Stryker$127
- Optinose US, Inc.$103
- GSK$102
- Aerin Medical Inc.$91
- plus $656 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2752%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,65887%
- Food & beverage$1,81612%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $14,177 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $494 |
| Stryker | 3 | $127 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 6 | $103 |
| GSK | 5 | $102 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 4 | $91 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $78 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $74 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $67 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $59 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 4 | $59 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $58 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $24 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
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
$15,750 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 586 otolaryngology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 784 | $12,993 |
| Famotidine | 554 | $8,876 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 188 | $8,257 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 270 | $7,428 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 94 | $3,672 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 55 | $2,378 |
| Ofloxacin | 98 | $2,007 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 43 | $1,757 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $588 |
| Prednisone | 181 | $423 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $399 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 66 | $330 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $248 |
| Dexamethasone | 21 | $215 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 15 | $131 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Jacksonville Beach
- Cecelia DamaskOrlando$707K
- Ralph TufanoSarasota$469K
- Franklin RimellFort Myers$314K
- David BrodnerBoynton Beach$209K
- Maria SuurnaMiami$189K
- Jane DillonOrmond Beach$180K
- Jeb JusticeGainesville$142K
- Indranil DebnathWinter Park$109K
- Agustin ArrietaMiami$95K
- John WestineGainesville$86K
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.