Total Payments
$81,894
2024 Payments
$25,897
Companies
25
Transactions
177
Medicare Patients
10,759
Medicare Billing
$1.7M

Payment Breakdown by Category

Royalty/License$59,263 (72.4%)
Travel$9,051 (11.1%)
Food & Beverage$7,581 (9.3%)
Consulting$4,050 (4.9%)
Other$1,753 (2.1%)
Gifts$114.00 (0.1%)
Education$82.50 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Royalty or License $59,263 2 72.4%
Travel and Lodging $9,051 24 11.1%
Food and Beverage $7,581 146 9.3%
Consulting Fee $4,050 1 4.9%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $1,753 2 2.1%
Gift $114.00 1 0.1%
Education $82.50 1 0.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Signature Orthopaedics USA Corp $59,263 2 $0 (2024)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $8,633 40 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $4,698 4 $0 (2019)
Exactech, Inc. $2,678 4 $0 (2017)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $1,827 15 $0 (2024)
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $1,604 17 $0 (2024)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $926.06 6 $0 (2018)
Stryker Corporation $754.53 24 $0 (2024)
Wright Medical Technology, Inc. $186.11 14 $0 (2020)
Bioventus LLC $179.27 8 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $25,897 16 Signature Orthopaedics USA Corp ($24,200)
2023 $37,552 16 Signature Orthopaedics USA Corp ($35,063)
2022 $607.32 11 Stryker Corporation ($211.72)
2021 $2,114 19 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($1,795)
2020 $1,823 6 Smith+Nephew, Inc. ($1,778)
2019 $5,869 41 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ($4,050)
2018 $3,198 26 Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($1,478)
2017 $4,834 42 Exactech, Inc. ($2,678)

All Payment Transactions

177 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 8

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/31/2024 Signature Orthopaedics USA Corp Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $24,200.00 General
11/09/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $103.61 General
10/17/2024 ORTHO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BKS TriMax (Device), Balanced Knee Revision System Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $35.64 General
Category: ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE
09/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AQUAMANTYS(TM) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.65 General
Category: Advanced Energy Hemostatic Device
07/09/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. AETOS Shoulder System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.84 General
Category: Recon Shoulders or Extremity, Upper
07/02/2024 Stryker Corporation INSIGNIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $99.70 General
Category: JOINT REPLACEMENT HIPS, KNEES
05/03/2024 Smith+Nephew, Inc. JOURNEY II (Device) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $200.00 General
Category: Recon Knees
03/11/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. ATTUNE (Device), Velys, ACTIS Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $108.26 General
Category: Ortho-Knee
02/23/2024 Bioventus LLC EXOGEN ULTRASOUND BONE HEALING SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.82 General
Category: DEVICES
01/04/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $508.05 General
Category: Knees
01/04/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $35.00 General
Category: Knees
01/04/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Comprehensive Shoulder System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $31.50 General
Category: Extremities
01/04/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $25.00 General
Category: Knees
01/03/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $194.46 General
Category: Knees
01/03/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $143.75 General
Category: Knees
01/03/2024 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $60.00 General
Category: Knees
12/31/2023 Signature Orthopaedics USA Corp Royalty or License Cash or cash equivalent $35,062.50 General
11/17/2023 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $244.53 General
11/03/2023 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ROSA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $139.13 General
Category: Hips
11/03/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device), Legion Revision Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $135.00 General
Category: Recon Robotics
11/03/2023 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Persona (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.00 General
Category: Knees
08/31/2023 Stryker Corporation MAKO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.37 General
Category: KNEES, HIPS
04/27/2023 Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Iovera (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.91 General
Category: Pain Management
04/22/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. OR3O Dual Mobility (Device), POLARSTEM, RI Hip Navigation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $192.30 General
Category: Recon Hips
04/22/2023 Smith+Nephew, Inc. OR3O Dual Mobility (Device), POLARSTEM, RI Hip Navigation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $147.73 General
Category: Recon Hips

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 29 2,746 13,610 $2.1M $493,536
2022 30 3,293 13,051 $2.2M $518,056
2021 30 2,583 7,345 $1.6M $393,171
2020 25 2,137 6,337 $1.4M $330,953
Total Patients
10,759
Total Services
40,343
Medicare Billing
$1.7M
Procedure Codes
114

All Medicare Procedures & Services

114 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
27447 Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee Facility 2023 129 136 $730,210 $137,240 18.8%
J3304 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg Office 2023 108 8,320 $399,360 $110,776 27.7%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 463 692 $173,832 $63,373 36.5%
27130 Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis Facility 2023 50 51 $286,875 $52,077 18.2%
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint Office 2023 330 576 $137,067 $30,852 22.5%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 147 171 $57,798 $21,401 37.0%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2023 394 588 $65,856 $20,361 30.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 233 270 $45,630 $16,067 35.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 112 112 $43,792 $13,126 30.0%
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views Office 2023 124 135 $13,770 $4,506 32.7%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 25 25 $12,150 $4,015 33.0%
20611 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance Office 2023 30 37 $9,184 $2,922 31.8%
73503 X-ray of hip, minimum of 4 views Office 2023 51 55 $7,040 $2,298 32.6%
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Office 2023 50 72 $5,472 $1,984 36.3%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 17 19 $4,826 $1,797 37.2%
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg Office 2023 218 2,009 $24,108 $1,627 6.7%
76942 Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement Office 2023 25 33 $15,980 $1,544 9.7%
73010 X-ray of shoulder blade Office 2023 48 70 $5,040 $1,317 26.1%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2023 20 20 $5,020 $1,209 24.1%
20612 Aspiration and/or injection of cyst of tendon Office 2023 24 40 $6,860 $1,056 15.4%
73523 X-ray of both hips, minimum of 5 views Office 2023 22 22 $3,220 $962.47 29.9%
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 12 14 $2,492 $880.46 35.3%
20550 Injection into tendon or ligament Office 2023 21 30 $5,004 $803.60 16.1%
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views Office 2023 17 17 $2,550 $704.31 27.6%
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views Office 2023 14 14 $1,372 $419.51 30.6%

About Dr. Stephen Cummings, MD

Dr. Stephen Cummings, MD is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Newport News, Virginia. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/13/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1881840569.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Stephen Cummings, MD has received a total of $81,894 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $25,897 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 177 transactions from 25 companies. The most common payment nature is "Royalty or License" ($59,263).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Cummings has provided services to 10,759 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 40,343 services with total Medicare billing of $1.7M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 114 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • LEGION Revision (Device) $1,805
  • OR3O Dual Mobility (Device) $1,760
  • REDAPT (Device) $1,407
  • EQUINOXE (Device) $1,339
  • Equinoxe (Device) $1,339
  • Persona (Device) $1,302
  • Journey II BCS (Device) $1,184
  • ATTUNE (Device) $1,091
  • ACTIS (Device) $1,042
  • PINNACLE (Device) $647.91
  • Journey Uni (Device) $279.74
  • Journey II XR (Device) $276.79
  • REAL INTELLIGENCE (Device) $236.91
  • MAKO (Device) $203.79
  • JOURNEY II (Device) $200.00
  • BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION (Device) $191.93
  • BLUEPRINT PSI SYSTEM (Device) $159.98
  • GMK Sphere (Device) $149.17
  • TRIATHLON (Device) $146.76
  • ROSA (Device) $139.13

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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