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Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD

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Specializes in: Adult Pulmonology

17680 Kedzie Avenue 101
Hazel Crest, IL 60429

(708) 799-7990

Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD is a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL specializing in adult pulmonology.

Office Locations

17680 Kedzie Avenue 101
Hazel Crest, IL 60429

(708) 799-7990

(708) 799-4093

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 10%

By Affordability:

nursing home care

In 2023, Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD had a list price for nursing home care that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 90% of providers in related specialties within Illinois. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Top 25%

By Volume:

inpatient hospital care

In 2012, Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD performed more inpatient hospital care (for patient admitted to hospital) procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within Illinois.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, nursing home care and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	879
emergency care	14
hospital care	3630
inpatient care	3630
lab tests	64
nursing home care	1445
preventive care	19
vaccines	19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, nursing home care and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	879
hospital care	6024
inpatient care	6024
lab tests	97
nursing home care	1265
preventive care	34
vaccines	34

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	353
Female	438

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	237
Black	516
Hispanic	24
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	261
From 75 to 84	203
85 and over	131
Less than 65	196

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	23
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	26
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	21
Heart Failure	70
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	75
Diabetes	66
Dementia	39
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, nursing home care and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	690
emergency care	15
hospital care	4673
inpatient care	4673
lab tests	157
nursing home care	934
preventive care	31
vaccines	31

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	293
Female	415

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	205
Black	469
Hispanic	22
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	237
From 75 to 84	227
85 and over	106
Less than 65	138

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	26
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	62
Asthma	26
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	69
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	71
Diabetes	67
Dementia	43
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care, nursing home care and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	619
hospital care	4699
inpatient care	4699
lab tests	94
nursing home care	464
preventive care	12
vaccines	12

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	548
Female	756

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	420
Black	796
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	440
From 75 to 84	374
85 and over	214
Less than 65	276

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	22
Ischemic Heart Disease	71
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	65
Asthma	50
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	72
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	70
Diabetes	65
Dementia	41
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care and nursing home care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	495
hospital care	3094
inpatient care	3094
nursing home care	156

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	226
Female	286

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	165
Black	328
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	159
From 75 to 84	155
85 and over	74
Less than 65	124

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	24
Ischemic Heart Disease	67
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	69
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	66
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	67
Diabetes	61
Dementia	41
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care and nursing home care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	480
hospital care	2114
inpatient care	2114
nursing home care	279

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	153
Female	228

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	122
Black	240
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	128
From 75 to 84	131
85 and over	44
Less than 65	78

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	23
Ischemic Heart Disease	62
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	27
Heart Failure	66
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	73
Diabetes	61
Dementia	39
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, nursing home care and preventive care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	671
hospital care	2067
inpatient care	2067
nursing home care	261
preventive care	11
vaccines	11

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	162
Female	202

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	97
Black	244
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	133
From 75 to 84	106
85 and over	47
Less than 65	78

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	24
Ischemic Heart Disease	61
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	61
Asthma	22
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	58
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	68
Diabetes	59
Dementia	35
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2019 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	681
hospital care	2734
inpatient care	2734

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	168
Female	226

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	91
Black	279
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	144
From 75 to 84	111
85 and over	65
Less than 65	74

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	20
Ischemic Heart Disease	68
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	65
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	62
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	70
Diabetes	58
Dementia	33
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	497
hospital care	2071
inpatient care	2071
preventive care	34
vaccines	34

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	114
Female	137

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	57
Black	177
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	104
From 75 to 84	75
85 and over	28
Less than 65	44

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	20
Ischemic Heart Disease	62
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	65
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	56
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	75
Diabetes	59
Dementia	33
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2021 were hospital care, inpatient care, nursing home care and preventive care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	587
hospital care	1284
inpatient care	1284
nursing home care	93
preventive care	28
vaccines	28

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	135
Female	138

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	68
Black	176
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	112
From 75 to 84	73
85 and over	31
Less than 65	57

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	24
Ischemic Heart Disease	60
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	73
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	21
Heart Failure	56
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	61
Diabetes	66
Dementia	29
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL during 2022 were hospital care, inpatient care and nursing home care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	445
hospital care	879
inpatient care	879
nursing home care	210

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	163
Female	147

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	89
Black	181
Hispanic	27
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	120
From 75 to 84	85
85 and over	29
Less than 65	76

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	37
Ischemic Heart Disease	54
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	56
Asthma	27
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	39
Heart Failure	56
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	65
Diabetes	66
Dementia	25
Cancer	18

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Hazel Crest, IL were hospital care, inpatient care, nursing home care and lab tests.

doctor visit	629
emergency care	14
hospital care	3024
inpatient care	3024
lab tests	103
nursing home care	567
preventive care	24
vaccines	24

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD.

**Gender**
Male	210
Female	270

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	309
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	141
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	6
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	140
85 and over	69
Less than 65	103
65 to 74	167

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD treated were hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, high cholesterol and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	22
Ischemic Heart Disease	59
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	58
Asthma	27
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	57
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	63
Diabetes	57
Atrial Fibrillation	22
Dementia	32
Cancer	12

Education & Training

He has a state license in Illinois.

Licensed In: Illinois

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Krishna Sunkara, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.	$1,193 TRELEGY ELLIPTA $447	ANORO $273	BREO $263	INCRUSE $63	NUCALA $54	Other $92
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$1,054 SYMBICORT $474	BREZTRI $383	BEVESPI AEROSPHERE $77	BREZTRI AEROSPHERE $72	FASENRA $18	Other $30
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$809 COMBIVENT RESPIMAT $170	STIOLTO $167	SPIRIVA RESPIMAT $130	OFEV $110	STIOLTO RESPIMAT $91	Other $141
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.	$95 Lonhala Magnair $80	Brovana $15
Mallinckrodt LLC	$57 ACTHAR $57
Other	$216 Perforomist $33	CHARTIS CATHETER $23	Trilogy 100 $22	ELIQUIS $21	Vascepa $19	Other $99