Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

STEPHEN LEWIS COX

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1164427829
CMS profile
1193388
Location
SHREVEPORT, LA

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$11,190.29

  • Reported across 143 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$2,399.04

29 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,349.96 26
Travel and Lodging $1,049.08 3

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $2,017.22 18
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $216.88 4
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $69.61 3
ConvaTec Inc. $45.83 2
Innovation Technologies Inc $31.26 1
ABBVIE INC. $18.24 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $1,030.16 18
PY2020 $199.88 8
PY2021 $354.69 10
PY2022 $659.23 10
PY2023 $501.52 16
PY2024 $6,045.77 52
PY2025 $2,399.04 29

Payment records · PY2025 (29)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $18.24 05/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1201702483 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $18.38 05/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1252568609 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $27.45 07/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1252568611 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.43 02/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242063294 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.17 08/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242063296 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $26.01 11/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242063298 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $31.26 06/27/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1208797838 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $5.85 02/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242183897 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $32.44 03/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242183899 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $42.32 07/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242183901 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $136.27 09/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242183903 CMS
Stryker Corporation $97.42 01/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475331 CMS
Stryker Corporation $31.16 02/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475335 CMS
Stryker Corporation $22.86 03/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475340 CMS
Stryker Corporation $108.49 04/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475344 CMS
Stryker Corporation $26.40 06/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475349 CMS
Stryker Corporation $781.15 07/08/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475354 CMS
Stryker Corporation $99.20 07/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475359 CMS
Stryker Corporation $66.43 07/18/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475364 CMS
Stryker Corporation $201.50 07/18/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475368 CMS
Stryker Corporation $120.71 07/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475372 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.84 07/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475376 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.84 07/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475380 CMS
Stryker Corporation $78.08 08/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475385 CMS
Stryker Corporation $34.16 08/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475390 CMS
Stryker Corporation $58.39 09/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475395 CMS
Stryker Corporation $68.02 11/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475398 CMS
Stryker Corporation $109.68 12/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475403 CMS
Stryker Corporation $63.89 12/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227475407 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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