Scott Cunneen, MD
Surgical Critical Care · Los Angeles, CANPI 1295719276
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.4%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Applied Medical Resources Corporation at 44.0% of the total. Among surgical critical care clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 106 payments — averaging $328.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$15K
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Medtronic$6K
- Covidien LP$6K
- Johnson & Johnson$334
- Teleflex LLC$239
Across 2 payments — averaging $20,112 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.$40K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,95654%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,50022%
- Travel & lodging$2,9008%
- Food & beverage$4,46213%
- Education$1,0003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 18 | $15,334 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 34 | $6,666 |
| Medtronic | 26 | $6,163 |
| Covidien LP | 21 | $6,083 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $334 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $239 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$6,141
- GelPOINT V-Path$3,906
- Sonicision$3,901
- Signia$1,497
- iDrive$752
- LigaSure$676
- STAPLER$450
- STAPLING$300
- TITAN SGS STANDARD GASTRIC STAPLER$144
- Endo GIA$127
How this compares
$34,819 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 141 surgical critical care 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 surgical critical care in Los Angeles
- Demetrios DemetriadesLos Angeles$192K
- Nicholas NissenLos Angeles$26K
- Daniel MarguliesLos Angeles$15K
- Meghan LewisLos Angeles$14K
- Ara KoLos Angeles$9K
- Tejal BrahmbhattLos Angeles$9K
- James BardesLos Angeles$8K
- Dennis KimLos Angeles$5K
- Kazuhide MatsushimaLos Angeles$5K
- Rodrigo AlbanLos Angeles$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.