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STEPHEN M HOWELL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1972697704
CMS profile
134698
Location
SACRAMENTO, CA

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General Payments · PY2019 · Entire year

$997,773.29

125 records · 0 disputed

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  • CMS publication 2026-06-30
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By nature of payment

PY2019 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $530,100.67 9
Royalty or License $421,734.82 16
Travel and Lodging $25,800.78 51
Honoraria $16,800.00 1
Food and Beverage $3,337.02 48

By paying entity

PY2019 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
MEDACTA USA, INC. $675,237.30 114
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $278,231.25 5
Think Surgical, Inc. $44,275.00 5
Stryker Corporation $29.74 1

Payment records · PY2019

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General Payments · PY2019 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

125 matching records · $997,773.29 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

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Showing records 1–50 of 125.

Paying entityAmountDate Nature of paymentDispute statusPublication flagsPublished Record IDSource
MEDACTA USA, INC. $383.0612/21/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705193157 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $27.5412/20/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705193155 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $123.5012/19/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705193153 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $15.0712/19/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705195797 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $1,912.8812/08/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705195789 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $73.0012/07/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192225 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $326.5412/07/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705197813 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $126.0012/06/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192159 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $106.0012/06/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705195929 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $148.8012/05/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705195787 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $105.3012/01/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705189363 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $555.1611/25/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705197947 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $30.3411/23/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705194031 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $79.7011/22/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705191803 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $47.6311/22/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705194029 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $62.0711/19/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705189899 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $66,603.0711/14/2019 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026656460535 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $16.5711/10/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192149 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $34.3111/10/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192151 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $485.0011/08/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192147 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $114.4711/08/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705195535 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $113,896.0010/31/2019 Consulting Fee No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705197361 CMS
Think Surgical, Inc. $4,275.0010/29/2019 Consulting Fee No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026701430299 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $117.0010/19/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705193027 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $117.0010/18/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705193023 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $124.7510/18/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705195533 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $1,718.0310/15/2019 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192439 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $32,343.7510/15/2019 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705193197 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $13,515.0010/15/2019 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705193199 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $1,504.6010/11/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192667 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $151.4509/21/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192359 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $58.3109/21/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705195531 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $105.5009/20/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192721 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $120.2909/20/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705195529 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $111.3109/18/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192665 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $43.0009/08/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705193959 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $93.6708/27/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192601 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $66.0008/22/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192597 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $944.9708/22/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192599 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $225.2608/22/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192889 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $66.1908/20/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192887 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $66,156.8308/14/2019 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026656460539 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $95,095.1308/12/2019 Consulting Fee No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705197363 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $116.0008/07/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192885 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $9.1507/27/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705189347 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $350.9007/27/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192711 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $40.2507/27/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192719 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $54.6607/26/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705191199 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $109.0007/26/2019 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705191795 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $103.6207/26/2019 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026705192715 CMS

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $997,773.29 125
PY2020 $757,998.50 76
PY2021 $911,541.47 84
PY2022 $979,228.40 66
PY2023 $1,237,801.84 110
PY2024 $1,830,706.07 144
PY2025 $2,710,196.89 178

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 and profile matching
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OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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Cite this record.

Plain
STEPHEN M HOWELL, NPI 1972697704. IndustryPayments, data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1972697704.
APA 7
IndustryPayments. (2026). STEPHEN M HOWELL, NPI 1972697704 (Data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z) [Data set]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1972697704
Bluebook
STEPHEN M HOWELL, NPI 1972697704, IndustryPayments (data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z), https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1972697704.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments.