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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 · PY2021 · Entire year

$911,541.47

84 records · 0 disputed

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

PY2021 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Royalty or License $642,533.61 16
Consulting Fee $256,141.23 4
Travel and Lodging $11,398.89 38
Food and Beverage $1,467.74 26

By paying entity

PY2021 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
MEDACTA USA, INC. $690,909.52 79
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $220,576.94 4
Paragon 28, Inc. $55.01 1

Payment records · PY2021

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General Payments · PY2021 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

84 matching records · $911,541.47 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

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Showing records 1–50 of 84.

Paying entityAmountDate Nature of paymentDispute statusPublication flagsPublished Record IDSource
MEDACTA USA, INC. $21,930.0012/16/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842154939 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $80,469.0012/16/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842154971 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $11,842.1512/15/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842154955 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $211.1212/09/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842156123 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $209.0012/07/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842155311 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $220.5012/07/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842155361 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $204.0612/04/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842151563 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $849.1312/02/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842151495 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $216.3312/02/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842151529 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $924.4012/01/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842151395 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $393.2811/13/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842127750 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $114.1311/13/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842150749 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $60,388.5211/10/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833833467 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $20,250.0011/09/2021 Consulting Fee No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842141257 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $273.9911/03/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842153881 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $111.6510/27/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842165247 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $127.0010/22/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842125353 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $93.5310/22/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842125414 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $141.3610/22/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842125429 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $80.7910/22/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842125451 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $93.5010/22/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842125843 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $19.0710/22/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842159169 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $898.8010/14/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842157363 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $496.3710/13/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842156887 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $44.9410/04/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842156359 CMS
Paragon 28, Inc. $55.0109/24/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026850468761 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $11,669.2709/01/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842153173 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $74,219.0009/01/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842153187 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $23,910.0009/01/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842153205 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $75.7508/24/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842158773 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $56,590.3608/11/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833833443 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $52,200.0007/21/2021 Consulting Fee No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842138179 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $167.1806/19/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842161051 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $36.0406/17/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842161010 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $99.9606/16/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842160743 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $22.2206/16/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842160775 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $80.7006/15/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842146443 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $9,770.1306/10/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842150001 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $65,156.0006/10/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842150021 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $24,660.0006/10/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842150037 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $199.0005/16/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842163551 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $50,527.2105/13/2021 Royalty or License No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026833833365 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $20.0005/07/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842144159 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $19.9105/07/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842162685 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $64.6605/07/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842163060 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $449.0005/04/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842162279 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $190.0004/26/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842168991 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $226.5004/24/2021 Travel and Lodging No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842142965 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $14.0304/23/2021 Food and Beverage No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842160235 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $75,273.3604/22/2021 Consulting Fee No dispute reported Delay: No
Change: UNCHANGED
06/30/2026842135857 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.