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William Aaron Kunkle
NPI 1992128813
$84,380.66
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
33 companies · $25K in 2025
The $25K reported for 2025 was more than what 80% of Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $2,116).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $3,265 · 2020: $2,698 · 2021: $1,785 · 2022: $4,033 · 2023: $24K · 2024: $24K · 2025: $25K.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Consulting Fee: $33K · Travel and Lodging: $24K · Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program: $12K · Food and Beverage: $4,451 · Gift: $75.81.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $32,525.00 |
| Travel and Lodging | $23,796.98 |
| Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program | $11,750.00 |
| Food and Beverage | $4,450.94 |
| Gift | $75.81 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, INC | $41,134.15 | 2020-2025 | Other - Miscellaneous, Biologics, Invictus Mis |
| Augmedics INC. | $24,661.67 | 2022-2025 | Xvision |
| Arthrex, INC. | $12,775.84 | 2024-2025 | |
| Medical Device Business Services, INC. | $1,259.03 | 2019 | |
| Spineart USA INC | $1,026.04 | 2021 | |
| Stryker Corporation | $667.46 | 2019-2024 | Cascadia Interbody System, Tritanium, Napa |
| Medtronic USA, INC. | $571.46 | 2019 | |
| Medtronic, INC. | $373.86 | 2021-2023 | Kyphon Express II Kyphopak Tray, Anteralign Spinal System With Titan Nanolock Surface Technology |
| Providence Medical Technology, INC. | $327.52 | 2019-2020 | |
| Nuvasive, INC. | $194.23 | 2019 | |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | $167.50 | 2025 | Prodisc L |
| Nevro Corp. | $163.38 | 2019 | |
| Orthofix Medical, INC. | $154.37 | 2019 | |
| Novapproach Spine, LLC | $130.43 | 2025 | Onelif |
| Depuy Synthes Sales INC. | $115.54 | 2019 |
Show all 33 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, INC. | $104.14 | 2024-2025 | |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals INC. | $90.32 | 2019-2020 | |
| Biocomposites INC | $86.00 | 2024 | |
| Globus Medical, INC. | $47.18 | 2021 | |
| Pacira Therapeutics, INC. | $40.87 | 2019 | |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $39.62 | 2024 | Wavewriter Alpha Prime 16 |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | $28.32 | 2025 | |
| Saluda Medical Americas, INC. | $24.71 | 2024 | Evoke |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals INC. | $24.46 | 2019-2020 | |
| Djo, LLC | $22.68 | 2025 | Cmf |
| Vertos Medical, INC. | $21.35 | 2021 | |
| Si-Bone, INC. | $20.76 | 2019 | |
| Hitachi Healthcare Americas Corp. | $19.81 | 2020 | |
| Abbott Laboratories | $19.44 | 2024 | Eterna |
| Bioventus LLC | $18.97 | 2019 | |
| Amgen INC. | $17.87 | 2019 | |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $17.56 | 2021 | |
| Kci USA, INC. | $14.12 | 2019 |
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.