Dr. Benjamin Kunesh, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,746
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 381
- Part D claims, 2024
- 15,950
- MIPS score, 2024
- 88
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Practice address
- 557 Brookdale Dr, Statesville, NC 28677
- Practice phone
- Call (704) 878-5661
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Benjamin Kunesh is an internist in Statesville, North Carolina
Dr. Kunesh practices at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, North Carolina, part of Iredell Health System.
Dr. Kunesh's NPI, 1477524148, was assigned on January 30, 2006. Dr. Kunesh graduated from University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of Medicine in 1991. Dr. Kunesh holds North Carolina license 9400884.
- NPI
- 1477524148NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1254345275
- NPI enumeration date
- January 30, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (704) 878-5661
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 61
- Medical school graduation
- 1991
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Benjamin Kunesh practices at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, North Carolina
Dr. Kunesh's primary practice is Iredell Memorial Hospital, at 557 Brookdale Dr, Statesville, NC 28677 in Iredell County. The practice phone is (704) 878-5661.
- Iredell Memorial Hospital557 Brookdale Dr, Statesville, NC 28677 · Iredell CountyPhone(704) 878-5661
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Benjamin Kunesh is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 4 medical groups
Dr. Kunesh's primary practice is Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, North Carolina, part of Iredell Health System. Dr. Kunesh is also affiliated with Iredell Davis Behavioral Health Hospital. The medical group on file is Legacy Healthcare Services. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kunesh to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics, 3 home health agencies, 3 medical groups and 1 therapy and rehab clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Benjamin Kunesh's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kunesh practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Iredell Memorial Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +9 more sites and 3 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Benjamin Kunesh is one of 3,705 internists in North Carolina
Internal medicine is Dr. Kunesh's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Kunesh is licensed in North Carolina.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, North CarolinaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Benjamin Kunesh billed Medicare for 1,746 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,746 Medicare services from Dr. Kunesh across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 381 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $88,414 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Kunesh's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 8862024: 9275%
- Surgery
- 2023: 5022024: 5265%
- Other services
- 2023: 2232024: 2115%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 402024: 6973%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 232024: 1343%
Dr. Kunesh compared with the North Carolina median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Kunesh
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 1,746vs 5213.4 times
- Medicare patients
- 381vs 1852.1 times
- Part D claims
- 15,152vs 27255.7 times
Medians across 3,695 internists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kunesh's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Benjamin Kunesh treated 381 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 381 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kunesh in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 170 patients. 72% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kunesh's median patient age at 74, with 49% women.
Dr. Kunesh's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Kunesh's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women18348%
- Men19852%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kunesh's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol72%
- High blood pressure70%
- Arthritis39%
- Diabetes24%
- Ischemic heart disease22%
- Anxiety21%
- Mood disorders17%
- Atrial fibrillation16%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kunesh's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 74
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women49%
- Men50%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Benjamin Kunesh wrote 15,950 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kunesh wrote 15,950 Medicare Part D claims for 781 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 15,152 of them, across 214 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,070,328 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 9,882 claims across 188 drugs.
Dr. Kunesh's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic14,126 claims89%
- Brand-name1,746 claims11%
- Other78 claims0%
Dr. Kunesh's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Kunesh's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids3%511 of 15,950 claims
- Antibiotics3%407 of 15,950 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%54 of 15,950 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 9,8822024: 15,15253%
Drugs named by CMS: 214 in 2024, 188 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Benjamin Kunesh scored 88 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Kunesh for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Kunesh accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Kunesh as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Kunesh's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 88of 100Final score
- 73.9of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Benjamin Kunesh received $509 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 28 general payments to Dr. Kunesh from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $131.
General payments to Dr. Kunesh by program year, 2016 to 2024
Companies that paid Dr. Kunesh the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Benjamin Kunesh graduated from University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of Medicine
Dr. Kunesh graduated from University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of Medicine in 1991.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Benjamin Kunesh's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Benjamin Kunesh's NPI number?
Dr. Benjamin Kunesh's NPI number is 1477524148. It was assigned on January 30, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Benjamin Kunesh?
Dr. Benjamin Kunesh is an internist in Statesville, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Benjamin Kunesh practice?
Dr. Kunesh practices at 557 Brookdale Dr, Statesville, NC 28677. Dr. Kunesh's primary practice is Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, North Carolina, part of Iredell Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kunesh to 1 hospital, 3 group practices and clinics, 3 home health agencies, 3 medical groups and 1 therapy and rehab clinic.
What is Dr. Benjamin Kunesh's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kunesh is (704) 878-5661.
What is Dr. Benjamin Kunesh's medical license number?
Dr. Kunesh holds North Carolina license 9400884.
Which hospitals is Dr. Benjamin Kunesh affiliated with?
Dr. Kunesh practices at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, North Carolina. Dr. Kunesh is also affiliated with Iredell Davis Behavioral Health Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Kunesh to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Benjamin Kunesh part of?
Dr. Kunesh is linked to Legacy Healthcare Services. Dmand AI links Dr. Kunesh to 3 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Benjamin Kunesh accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kunesh billed Medicare for 1,746 services in 2024, and Dr. Kunesh accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Benjamin Kunesh offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Kunesh as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Benjamin Kunesh's MIPS score?
Dr. Kunesh's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 88 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Benjamin Kunesh see?
CMS counts 381 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kunesh in 2024, with an average age of 76.
What services does Dr. Benjamin Kunesh bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kunesh's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Benjamin Kunesh go to medical school?
Dr. Kunesh graduated from University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of Medicine in 1991.
What drugs does Dr. Benjamin Kunesh prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kunesh's most prescribed drugs by claims were Levothyroxine Sodium, Atorvastatin Calcium and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Benjamin Kunesh received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $509 in general payments to Dr. Kunesh from 14 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Abbott Laboratories.
How long has Dr. Benjamin Kunesh been practicing?
Dr. Kunesh graduated from medical school in 1991, 35 years ago.
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