Total Payments
$3,792
2024 Payments
$125.08
Companies
19
Transactions
77
Medicare Patients
211
Medicare Billing
$115,705
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$2,956 (78.0%)
Travel$675.07 (17.8%)
Education$160.61 (4.2%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $2,956 | 73 | 78.0% |
| Travel and Lodging | $675.07 | 3 | 17.8% |
| Education | $160.61 | 1 | 4.2% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $1,003 | 19 | $0 (2023) |
| CryoLife, Inc. | $991.94 | 21 | $0 (2020) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $242.37 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | $205.00 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Artivion, Inc. | $204.79 | 4 | $0 (2023) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $172.43 | 2 | $0 (2017) |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $171.25 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $163.24 | 2 | $0 (2019) |
| ABIOMED | $159.26 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
| Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C. | $134.20 | 3 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $125.08 | 5 | Medtronic, Inc. ($32.90) |
| 2023 | $532.39 | 11 | Artivion, Inc. ($185.90) |
| 2022 | $244.40 | 12 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($154.89) |
| 2021 | $408.48 | 11 | Medtronic, Inc. ($90.87) |
| 2020 | $214.52 | 7 | Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C. ($134.20) |
| 2019 | $352.98 | 2 | Ancora Heart, Inc. ($205.00) |
| 2018 | $402.68 | 11 | CryoLife, Inc. ($402.68) |
| 2017 | $1,511 | 18 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($755.06) |
All Payment Transactions
77 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 4
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/16/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | AVALUS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $32.90 | General |
| Category: Heart Valves | ||||||
| 08/07/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.84 | General |
| 07/19/2024 | LSI SOLUTIONS INC | COR-KNOT (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $27.76 | General |
| Category: CARDIOTHORACIC | ||||||
| 05/10/2024 | Reel Surgical, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.38 | General |
| 01/30/2024 | Getinge USA Sales, LLC | Axius Coronary Shunt (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.20 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/12/2023 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.42 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/09/2023 | Artivion, Inc. | BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE (Device), PHOTOFIX DECELLULARIZED BOVINE PERICARDIUM, Cardiac non-SynerGraft | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $52.67 | General |
| Category: Surgical Adhesive | ||||||
| 11/06/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | AVALUS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.79 | General |
| Category: Heart Valves | ||||||
| 11/05/2023 | Artivion, Inc. | BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE (Device), Vascular, Cardiac non-SynerGraft | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $65.41 | General |
| Category: Surgical Adhesive | ||||||
| 10/03/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.14 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 09/19/2023 | ATRICURE, INC. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $76.01 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 09/05/2023 | Artivion, Inc. | BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE (Device), Cardiac non-SynerGraft, PHOTOFIX DECELLULARIZED BOVINE PERICARDIUM | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $67.82 | General |
| Category: Surgical Adhesive | ||||||
| 09/01/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | MOSAIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.91 | General |
| Category: Heart Valves | ||||||
| 08/03/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $76.35 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 04/23/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $61.77 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 02/22/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.10 | General |
| Category: Pericardial Heart Valves | ||||||
| 08/09/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $5.84 | General |
| Category: Pericardial Heart Valves | ||||||
| 07/26/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.43 | General |
| Category: Pericardial Heart Valves | ||||||
| 06/22/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.54 | General |
| Category: Pericardial Heart Valves | ||||||
| 06/08/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | MOSAIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.21 | General |
| Category: Heart Valves | ||||||
| 05/23/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | MOSAIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.69 | General |
| Category: Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/28/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.08 | General |
| Category: Pericardial Heart Valves | ||||||
| 03/30/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.22 | General |
| Category: Pericardial Heart Valves | ||||||
| 03/18/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.42 | General |
| Category: Pericardial Heart Valves | ||||||
| 03/09/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.83 | General |
| Category: Pericardial Heart Valves | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 52 | 52 | $208,323 | $27,916 |
| 2022 | 2 | 40 | 40 | $73,023 | $12,665 |
| 2021 | 1 | 28 | 28 | $106,484 | $17,019 |
| 2020 | 4 | 91 | 91 | $302,811 | $58,106 |
Total Patients
211
Total Services
211
Medicare Billing
$115,705
Procedure Codes
11
All Medicare Procedures & Services
11 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33533 | Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $143,046 | $18,384 | 12.9% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $57,753 | $8,018 | 13.9% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $6,277 | $1,343 | 21.4% |
| 33508 | Harvest of vein using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $1,247 | $171.34 | 13.7% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2022 | 18 | 18 | $66,533 | $9,924 | 14.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 22 | 22 | $6,490 | $2,741 | 42.2% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin | Facility | 2021 | 28 | 28 | $106,484 | $17,019 | 16.0% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass to repair one artery | Facility | 2020 | 21 | 21 | $131,637 | $30,631 | 23.3% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin | Facility | 2020 | 39 | 39 | $155,025 | $23,379 | 15.1% |
| 33518 | Combined multiple vein and artery heart artery bypasses | Facility | 2020 | 11 | 11 | $15,037 | $3,817 | 25.4% |
| 33508 | Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope | Facility | 2020 | 20 | 20 | $1,112 | $278.88 | 25.1% |
About Dr. Stephen Ball, MD
Dr. Stephen Ball, MD is a Vascular Surgery healthcare provider based in Gainesville, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/24/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1477556371.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Stephen Ball, MD has received a total of $3,792 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $125.08 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 77 transactions from 19 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($2,956).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ball has provided services to 211 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 211 services with total Medicare billing of $115,705. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 11 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Vascular Surgery
- Other Specialties Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Location Gainesville, FL
- Active Since 05/24/2005
- Last Updated 02/02/2023
- Taxonomy Code 2086S0129X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1477556371
Products in Payments
- BioGlue (Device) $991.94
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $470.07
- CoreValve Evolut (Device) $254.11
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE (Device) $185.90
- Aortic and Mitral Tissue Stented (Device) $172.43
- Impella (Device) $159.26
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $149.83
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) $124.21
- VASOVIEW (Device) $107.17
- MOSAIC (Device) $91.81
- COR KNOT (Device) $84.00
- AVALUS (Device) $59.69
- INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE (Device) $58.56
- AngioVac (Device) $47.37
- Vasoview Hemopro 2 (Device) $37.53
- COR-KNOT (Device) $27.76
- Acrobat (Device) $27.03
- HemoSphere advanced monitoring platform (Device) $26.15
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $21.42
- CMF & Thoracic-None (Device) $20.63
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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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