NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Stephen E. Brown, M.D.

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician · Phoenix, AZ

Stephen E. Brown, M.D. is a colon & rectal surgery physician with a practice address in Phoenix, Arizona, and NPI 1558358275, issued on Sep 29, 2005. Check the license (Arizona 18611, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1558358275
Name
Stephen E. Brown
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician 208C00000X
License number
18611 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1331 N 7TH St Ste 275, Phoenix, AZ 85006
Phone
(602) 252-7004
Enumerated
Sep 29, 2005
Record last updated
Mar 9, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(602) 252-6232
Medicaid ID
286296 AZ
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20101014001414); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine, 1982
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1331 N 7TH St Ste 275

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Marc Goldblatt, M.D.Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician1154317824

Verify Stephen E. Brown in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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3% more Medicare Part D claims than the average colon & rectal surgery physician in 2024

198 Medicare Part D claims for 80 beneficiaries, against an average of 192 among the 1,836 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 55 claims were for opioids.

  1. Stephen Brown198
  2. Specialty average192

Most prescribed

  1. Oxycodone Hcl35 claims
  2. Metronidazole21 claims
  3. Neomycin Sulfate19 claims
  4. Linzess17 claims
  5. Colesevelam Hcl13 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: $84.90

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 1,524 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,468.16 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Stephen Brown$84.90
  2. Specialty average$3,468.16

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

  1. Affiliated Colon And Rectal Surgeons PCPhoenix, AZ

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Stephen E. Brown among 60 colon & rectal surgery physician records in Arizona

Stephen E. Brown, M.D. is one of 60 colon & rectal surgery physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 80% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • Graduated1982 · median 2003 among the 45 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2020 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208C00000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician providers in Arizona

There are 60 colon & rectal surgery physician records in Arizona.

The 8 colon & rectal surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ashley Casano, DOPhoenix, AZ 850061255777694
  2. Marc Goldblatt, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850061154317824
  3. Eugene KimPhoenix, AZ 850061770570293
  4. Jason Weiss, MD, FACSPhoenix, AZ 850061336377928
  5. Jonathan Dameworth, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850131194102772
  6. Ronald Gagliano, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850131043296460
  7. Nimesh Naik, MDPhoenix, AZ 850131306281308
  8. Omar Marar, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850151912252321

Common questions

What is Stephen E. Brown, M.D.'s NPI number?

Stephen E. Brown, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1558358275, issued on Sep 29, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Stephen E. Brown, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1331 N 7TH St Ste 275, Phoenix, AZ, 85006. Phone: (602) 252-7004. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Stephen E. Brown, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 18611, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Stephen E. Brown, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Stephen E. Brown, M.D. had 198 Medicare Part D claims for 80 beneficiaries; the average among colon & rectal surgery physician prescribers was 192. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Stephen E. Brown, M.D.'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.