Dr. Vinu Madhusudanannair Kunnuparampil, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Madhusudanannair Kunnuparampil
Dr. Vinu Madhusudanannair Kunnuparampil is a hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician in San Antonio, TX, with 18 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Madhusudanannair Kunnuparampil performed 87,110 Medicare services across 1,797 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Madhusudanannair Kunnuparampil received a total of $13,748 from 69 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 418 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician. 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. Madhusudanannair Kunnuparampil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron infusion (Injectafer) | 72,750 | $1 | $3 |
| Denosumab injection (Prolia/Xgeva) | 6,060 | $19 | $72 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 1,624 | $0 | $0 |
| Epoetin alfa injection (Retacrit) for anemia | 1,620 | $6 | $23 |
| Anti-nausea injection (ondansetron/Zofran) | 600 | $0 | $2 |
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | 524 | $8 | $23 |
| Comprehensive metabolic blood panel | 473 | $10 | $32 |
| Blood draw (venipuncture) | 391 | $8 | $15 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less | 365 | $22 | $86 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less | 213 | $97 | $376 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 171 | $11 | $47 |
| Iron level test | 166 | $6 | $19 |
| Iron binding capacity test | 166 | $9 | $26 |
| Ferritin level test (iron stores) | 164 | $13 | $41 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less | 160 | $48 | $185 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 160 | $90 | $372 |
| Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein | 135 | $12 | $58 |
| Administration of chemotherapy into vein, each additional hour | 133 | $21 | $90 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 129 | $66 | $263 |
| Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour | 112 | $15 | $60 |
| Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg | 96 | $1 | $3 |
| Unclassified drugs | 82 | $1 | $1 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 80 | $130 | $523 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 80 | $58 | $232 |
| Complete blood count (CBC), automated | 76 | $6 | $19 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level | 69 | $6 | $18 |
| Administration of additional new drug or substance into vein, 1 hour or less | 69 | $48 | $205 |
| Injection, fosnetupitant 235 mg and palonosetron 0.25 mg | 65 | $339 | $1,298 |
| PSA test (prostate cancer screening) | 51 | $18 | $55 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, up to 125 mg | 44 | $4 | $17 |
| Magnesium level test | 41 | $7 | $20 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 38 | $116 | $485 |
| Carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) protein level | 34 | $19 | $57 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 34 | $151 | $641 |
| Vitamin B-12 level test | 31 | $15 | $45 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 29 | $91 | $349 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 27 | $99 | $482 |
| Immunoglobulin level test | 21 | $9 | $28 |
| Immunologic analysis for detection of tumor antigen, quantitative; ca 15-3 | 16 | $20 | $62 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 11 | $133 | $574 |
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 (65%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 4% for hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician in TX.
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. Madhusudanannair Kunnuparampil is a mixed practice specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 2% in TX), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 4%), with 18 years of practice experience.
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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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