Dr. Michael Cunningham, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Cunningham
Dr. Michael Cunningham is a cardiovascular disease in Jacksonville, FL, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Cunningham performed 2,982 Medicare services across 2,380 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Cunningham received a total of $4,631 from 24 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 159 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular disease. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Cunningham is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 684 | $91 | $323 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 469 | $6 | $11 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 322 | $48 | $194 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 237 | $11 | $51 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 162 | $10 | $201 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 161 | $15 | $204 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 148 | $54 | $240 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 119 | $27 | $92 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 104 | $62 | $220 |
| Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent | 79 | $7 | $28 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 59 | $123 | $497 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 51 | $139 | $620 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 48 | $96 | $419 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 37 | $96 | $319 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus during surgery on heart or great blood vessels with report | 32 | $180 | $701 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 31 | $81 | $335 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 31 | $14 | $56 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 31 | $2 | $10 |
| Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 29 | $9 | $44 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 27 | $18 | $74 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 26 | $61 | $220 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review by health care professional | 23 | $13 | $82 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous | 21 | $14 | $78 |
| Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts | 18 | $24 | $101 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 17 | $54 | $220 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes | 16 | $41 | $131 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Cunningham is a cardiac & cardiac specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and low-engagement industry engagement, with 20 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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