Dr. Richard Howell, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery Clearwater, FL Male
NPI: 1609139336
Total Payments
$23,078
2024 Payments
$1,149
Companies
19
Transactions
339
Medicare Patients
4,574
Medicare Billing
$501,981

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$11,366 (49.3%)
Education$9,721 (42.1%)
Travel$1,991 (8.6%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $11,366 329 49.3%
Education $9,721 3 42.1%
Travel and Lodging $1,991 7 8.6%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Stryker Corporation $10,403 283 $0 (2024)
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $8,308 6 $0 (2018)
Arthrex, Inc. $1,784 4 $0 (2022)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,625 14 $0 (2021)
K2M, Inc. $141.73 1 $0 (2017)
Medtronic USA, Inc. $124.48 1 $0 (2020)
Bioventus LLC $123.01 7 $0 (2024)
MVP Orthopedics Inc $116.23 7 $0 (2022)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $102.03 1 $0 (2017)
Vericel Corporation $86.74 3 $0 (2018)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $1,149 51 Stryker Corporation ($1,005)
2023 $1,063 34 Stryker Corporation ($1,040)
2022 $1,191 39 Stryker Corporation ($992.24)
2021 $1,363 55 Stryker Corporation ($1,272)
2020 $2,864 61 Stryker Corporation ($2,723)
2019 $4,210 56 Stryker Corporation ($2,442)
2018 $6,040 31 Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($4,143)
2017 $5,198 12 Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($4,165)

All Payment Transactions

339 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 14

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/30/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.60 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
12/11/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.00 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
12/09/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.15 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
12/02/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $49.75 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
11/26/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device), BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $46.10 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
11/18/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.88 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
11/14/2024 Stryker Corporation T2 ALPHA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.41 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
11/11/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.39 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
11/07/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $39.13 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
11/05/2024 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.00 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
10/30/2024 Abbott Laboratories PROCLAIM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.77 General
Category: Neuromodulation
10/24/2024 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.50 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
10/23/2024 Bioventus LLC EXOGEN ULTRASOUND BONE HEALING SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.95 General
Category: DEVICES
10/15/2024 Coastal Medical Technologies Llc — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.07 General
09/13/2024 Coastal Medical Technologies Llc — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $42.96 General
09/12/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.56 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
08/26/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $31.40 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
08/19/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.14 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
08/15/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $37.28 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
08/04/2024 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device), AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.62 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
07/15/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.49 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
07/13/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.17 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
07/08/2024 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.25 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
07/08/2024 Stryker Corporation AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.35 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
07/01/2024 Stryker Corporation BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.37 General
Category: TRAUMA & EXTREMITIES
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 15 1,311 4,321 $1.0M $137,890
2022 17 1,322 3,902 $1.0M $141,946
2021 20 1,045 2,239 $738,840 $107,556
2020 21 896 2,028 $904,337 $114,589
Total Patients
4,574
Total Services
12,490
Medicare Billing
$501,981
Procedure Codes
73

All Medicare Procedures & Services

73 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 244 381 $243,840 $33,798 13.9%
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2023 24 25 $193,250 $28,936 15.0%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 208 321 $123,540 $15,765 12.8%
J7322 Hyaluronan or derivative, hymovis, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg Office 2023 20 1,200 $106,200 $15,551 14.6%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 95 95 $80,750 $10,096 12.5%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 197 305 $54,250 $7,208 13.3%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 51 55 $50,050 $6,953 13.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 77 96 $44,160 $5,738 13.0%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 84 115 $26,450 $3,957 15.0%
23430 Anchoring of biceps tendon Facility 2023 12 12 $47,160 $3,316 7.0%
73560 X-ray of knee, 1-2 views Office 2023 56 70 $11,900 $1,754 14.7%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 11 11 $11,440 $1,509 13.2%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 13 13 $9,230 $1,343 14.5%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2023 203 1,593 $9,558 $1,312 13.7%
73080 X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views Office 2023 16 29 $4,930 $653.87 13.3%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 264 417 $266,280 $38,021 14.3%
J7322 Hyaluronan or derivative, hymovis, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg Office 2022 14 939 $149,301 $18,872 12.6%
23472 Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder Facility 2022 14 14 $108,220 $16,709 15.4%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2022 190 292 $109,440 $15,132 13.8%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 129 129 $109,610 $14,171 12.9%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2022 200 315 $55,040 $7,930 14.4%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 43 48 $43,620 $6,399 14.7%
23430 Anchoring of biceps tendon Facility 2022 16 16 $62,880 $6,140 9.8%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 60 71 $32,660 $4,939 15.1%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2022 86 113 $25,820 $3,694 14.3%
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About Dr. Richard Howell, MD

Dr. Richard Howell, MD is a Orthopaedic Surgery healthcare provider based in Clearwater, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/18/2012. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1609139336.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Richard Howell, MD has received a total of $23,078 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,149 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 339 transactions from 19 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($11,366).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Howell has provided services to 4,574 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 12,490 services with total Medicare billing of $501,981. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 73 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Other Specialties Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine
  • Location Clearwater, FL
  • Active Since 06/18/2012
  • Last Updated 07/30/2018
  • Taxonomy Code 207X00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • Practice Solo Practitioner
  • NPI Number 1609139336

Products in Payments

  • GAMMA (Device) $2,134
  • REUNION (Device) $1,498
  • AXSOS (Device) $1,478
  • AccuFill (Device) $931.25
  • MAKO (Device) $903.88
  • AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED (Device) $708.68
  • Juggerknot-Sports Medicine (Device) $669.24
  • ACCOLADE (Device) $578.49
  • VARIAX (Device) $508.71
  • BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $439.61
  • SECUR-FIT (Device) $289.72
  • ASNIS (Device) $248.27
  • BIO4 (Device) $244.31
  • AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX (Device) $224.51
  • AEQUALIS PERFORM+ (Device) $145.38
  • MESA Spinal System (Device) $141.73
  • TRITANIUM (Device) $138.05
  • TRIATHLON (Device) $137.23
  • AEQUALIS FLEX REVIVE (Device) $127.13
  • ES2 (Device) $125.36

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Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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