Garen Daxton Steele, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Gulf Breeze, FL
Garen Daxton Steele, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Gulf Breeze, Florida, and NPI 1144423351, issued on Jun 6, 2007. Check the license (Florida ME114795, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Garen Daxton Steele
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License numbers
- ME114795 FL
2009-00137 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1040 Gulf Breeze Pkwy Ste 206, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
- Phone
- (850) 916-3700
- Enumerated
- Jun 6, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 9, 2026
- Fax
- (850) 916-3710
- Medicaid IDs
- 5911565 NC
008151400 FL
145041 AL
145220 AL - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130211000422); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Temple University School Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1040 Gulf Breeze Pkwy Ste 206
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jennifer Lynch Riggs, PAPhysician Assistant1053486118
Verify Garen Daxton Steele in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME114795Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
454 Medicare Part D claims for 219 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 216 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl118 claims
- Amoxicillin68 claims
- Tramadol Hcl63 claims
- Meloxicam54 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen31 claims
- Methylprednisolone30 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $269.30
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Baptist Medical Group LLCGulf Breeze, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Garen Daxton Steele among 1,470 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Florida
Garen Daxton Steele, MD is one of 1,470 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Florida. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 55% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 55% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2002 among the 974 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a practice address in Gulf Breeze
They are 15 of the 568 NPPES records with a practice address in Gulf Breeze, and 1,470 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Florida.
All 1,470 in Florida → Every provider in Gulf Breeze → Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James Andrews, MDGulf Breeze, FL 325611952378861
- Stephane Bergeron, MDGulf Breeze, FL 325611528377199
- Jon Berguson, MDGulf Breeze, FL 325611073132411
- David Chandler, MDGulf Breeze, FL 325611144224122
- Seyed Jafari, MDGulf Breeze, FL 325611275850901
- Steve Jordan, MDGulf Breeze, FL 325611972506723
- Steven Kronlage, M.D.Gulf Breeze, FL 325611861585986
- Matthew Mai, M.D.Gulf Breeze, FL 325611003902354
Common questions
What is Garen Daxton Steele, MD's NPI number?
Garen Daxton Steele, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144423351, issued on Jun 6, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Garen Daxton Steele, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1040 Gulf Breeze Pkwy Ste 206, Gulf Breeze, FL, 32561. Phone: (850) 916-3700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Garen Daxton Steele, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME114795, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Garen Daxton Steele, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Garen Daxton Steele, MD had 454 Medicare Part D claims for 219 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Garen Daxton Steele, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.