Steven S. Hale, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Lake Charles, LA
Steven S. Hale, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and NPI 1205059763, issued on Apr 11, 2007. Check the license (Louisiana 202704, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Steven S. Hale
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 202704 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1747 Imperial Blvd, Lake Charles, LA 70605
- Phone
- (337) 721-7293
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jan 30, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 1885461 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090724000586); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1747 Imperial Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Steven S. Hale in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 202704Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
29% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
446 Medicare Part D claims for 246 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 161 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen90 claims
- Meloxicam81 claims
- Tramadol Hcl56 claims
- Amoxicillin54 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim29 claims
- Methylprednisolone21 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: $1,228.42
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. 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
- Center For Orthopaedics And Spine LLCLake Charles, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Steven S. Hale among 336 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Louisiana
Steven S. Hale, M.D. is one of 336 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 77% 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 61% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 61% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2001 among the 213 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 63% 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 Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Louisiana
There are 336 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Louisiana.
All 336 in Louisiana → Every provider in Lake Charles → Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Robert Bernauer, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051235211095
- Kipp Cryar, MDLake Charles, LA 706051982023727
- David Drez, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051912957044
- Stephen Flood, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051427130186
- Jonathan Foret, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051538365994
- Michael Garitty, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051962815332
- Michael Hinton, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051265484539
- James Jackson, D.O.Lake Charles, LA 706051356720122
Common questions
What is Steven S. Hale, M.D.'s NPI number?
Steven S. Hale, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205059763, issued on Apr 11, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Steven S. Hale, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1747 Imperial Blvd, Lake Charles, LA, 70605. Phone: (337) 721-7293. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Steven S. Hale, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 202704, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Steven S. Hale, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Steven S. Hale, M.D. had 446 Medicare Part D claims for 246 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Steven S. Hale, 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.