Physician

Chitaru Kurihara, M.D

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Chitaru Kurihara, M.D (NPI: 1689115909) practices thoracic surgery in the Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Cook, IL. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL FACULTY FOUNDATION (NPI: 1346235314; TIN: 363097297) and primary practice location at 60611-2908. Kurihara is affiliated with the Northwestern Medicine Physician Network ACO (ACO ID: A2620) and Northwestern Medicine Health Network ACO LLC (ACO ID: A5444), participating under the MSSP model.

Kurihara's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 208 traditional Medicare patients, billed 909 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $256,740 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 38999 (Other procedure on lymphatic system). Part D data shows 24 prescription claims totaling $4,531 in drug costs. Open Payments data shows 3 records totaling $77. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing has moved sharply higher in recent years, from $10,697 to $256,740. Concurrently, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported Part D prescription costs data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	N/R	N/R	N/R
2017	N/R	N/R	N/R
2018	N/R	N/R	N/R
2019	23	77	$10,697
2020	86	260	$33,467
2021	124	423	$77,911
2022	140	469	$119,249
2023	173	626	$160,484
2024	208	909	$256,740

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	N/R	N/R	N/R
2017	N/R	N/R	N/R
2018	N/R	N/R	N/R
2019	N/R	N/R	N/R
2020	N/R	N/R	N/R
2021	N/R	N/R	N/R
2022	N/R	N/R	N/R
2023	N/R	N/R	N/R
2024	N/R	24	$4,531

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
38999	Other procedure on lymphatic system	32	32	$198
99205	New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more	27	27	$178
99222	Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	62	65	$112
31624	Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope	38	113	$111
99233	Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	32	66	$102

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Part D summary data is connected for 2024, but public drug-level costs are not available, so a Top 5 by total drug costs cannot be shown.

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary in 2024

Category	Definition	Records	Total Reported Amount	Top Related Entity
General Payments	Reported payment or transfer-of-value amount.	3	$77	ATRICURE, INC.
Research Payments	Reported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.	0	$0	N/R
Ownership / Investment Interests	Reported value of ownership or investment interests.	0	$0	N/R

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Chitaru Kurihara, M.D?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Chitaru Kurihara, M.D (NPI 1689115909), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Chitaru Kurihara, M.D have ACO affiliation data?

Chitaru Kurihara, M.D is shown with ACO affiliation data for Northwestern Medicine Physician Network ACO (MSSP, ACO ID A2620) and Northwestern Medicine Health Network ACO LLC (MSSP, ACO ID A5444).

What billing organization is linked to Chitaru Kurihara, M.D?

Chitaru Kurihara, M.D is linked to NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL FACULTY FOUNDATION (billing NPI 1346235314) in the available physician profile data.

Does Chitaru Kurihara, M.D have Open Payments data?

Chitaru Kurihara, M.D has 3 connected Open Payments records in the available 2024 summary data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.