PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1760489595

Stephen EssesM.D.

PRACTICESOUTHWEST ORTHOPEDIC GROUP, LLPSee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

269

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

384

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$46K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,568 Orthopedic Surgery providers in TX — bottom quintile (cohort median 1,443).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

103

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$666

Distinct drugs

Brand share

69.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen72 claims

Meloxicam20 claims

Tramadol Hcl11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$34

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$34

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Esses's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 7 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NPI 1225195027	147	351
NPI 1184668352	77	170
ARGENTUM TOXICOLOGY LLC	66	302
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	31	59
Travis Hird Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Shenandoah, TX	21	60
Irvin Tantuco Internal Medicine · Houston, TX	18	53
Omar Vidal Anesthesiology · Bellaire, TX	17	20

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history