Dr. Kunal D. Kotkar, MD

Dr. Kotkar practices at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri, part of BJC Health.

Dr. Kotkar's NPI, 1104292275, was assigned on August 12, 2015. Dr. Kotkar holds Missouri license 2019019012.

Dr. Kotkar's primary practice is Barnes-Jewish Hospital, at One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Saint Louis, MO 63110 in St. Louis City. The practice phone is (314) 747-3000. Dr. Kotkar also practices at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO 63110.

Dr. Kotkar's primary practice is Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri, part of BJC Health. Dr. Kotkar is also affiliated with Christian Hospital. The medical group on file is WashU Medicine Psychiatry. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kotkar to 2 more hospitals, 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kotkar practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Kotkar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Kotkar is licensed in Missouri.

CMS data shows 118 Medicare services from Dr. Kotkar across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 103 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $42,645 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 103 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kotkar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 47 patients. 75% of them have heart failure, and 75% have high blood pressure. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.23, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kotkar's median patient age at 68, with 39% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kotkar wrote 137 Medicare Part D claims for 45 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 44 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $215 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 35 claims across 3 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Kotkar for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kotkar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 39 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Kotkar, more than 91% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 40 papers to Dr. Kotkar, published from 2012 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Heart-Assist Devices and Heart Transplantation. Dr. Kotkar has published most often in Ann Thorac Surg. Dr. Kotkar's most frequent co-authors are Akinobu Itoh, MD, Muhammad Faraz Masood, MD and Amit Aubumbar Pawale, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 247 general payments to Dr. Kotkar from 17 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 62% of the total. Abiomed paid the most, $24,039.