Dr. Eric B. Unger, MD

Dr. Unger practices at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, part of Sentara Health.

Dr. Unger's NPI, 1538456611, was assigned on July 8, 2011. Dr. Unger holds Virginia license 0101266833.

Dr. Unger's primary practice is Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, at 600 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23507 in Norfolk City. The practice phone is (757) 388-3000.

Dr. Unger's primary practice is Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, part of Sentara Health. Dr. Unger is also affiliated with Hospital for Extended Recovery. The medical group on file is Sentara Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Unger to 4 more hospitals, 4 home health agencies and 1 hospital outpatient department, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Unger practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 680 Medicare services from Dr. Unger across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 316 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $172,446 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 316 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Unger in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 131 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.84, 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. Unger's median patient age at 66, with 33% women.

In 2024, Dr. Unger wrote 11 Medicare Part D claims. Every claim was for a generic drug. They cover 1 drug, with $75 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 13 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Unger accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 46 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Unger, more than 94% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

CMS Open Payments shows 55 general payments to Dr. Unger from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 63% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $1,072. It also lists 4 research payments totaling $813 in 2020.