Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

RICHARD S STEPHEN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Obstetrics & Gynecology

NPI
1891880530
CMS profile
40329
Location
BESSEMER, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$7,808.93

  • Reported across 92 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$5,172.85

16 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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Education $4,500.00 3
Travel and Lodging $482.66 4
Food and Beverage $190.19 9

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5,054.72 9
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $99.00 6
Ethicon US, LLC $19.13 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $218.90 11
PY2019 $296.78 17
PY2020 $137.79 7
PY2021 $134.16 8
PY2022 $202.75 13
PY2023 $1,645.70 20
PY2024 $5,172.85 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Ethicon US, LLC $19.13 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077621942 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.00 05/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137196553 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $238.80 05/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137278872 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $55.07 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137107636 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.00 07/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137228319 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 07/12/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137240387 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $16.99 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137277572 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $231.86 07/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137275705 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 07/15/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137176889 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 08/12/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137069933 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $15.56 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150120337 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $18.71 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150126021 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $13.36 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150132243 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $14.15 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150144716 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $13.43 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150149899 CMS
SHIELD THERAPEUTICS INC $23.79 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150156229 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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