Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.

Dr. Stephen Parada, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1497957732

Dr. Stephen Parada, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Augusta, Georgia. Graduated from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in 2006, 20 years ago. Practices with Wellstar Medical Group LLC, a 3,072-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Georgia and Massachusetts.

Years since qualifying
20
Trained at
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Licensed in
GA, MA
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

1120 15th St
Augusta, GA 30912-5650
Phone: (706) 721-8623
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Additional practice locations (1)

  • 300 East Hospital Road, Fort Gordon, GA 30905-5650 — (706) 787-8686

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 076920 (GA)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 254012 (MA)

Record details

NPI number1497957732
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 31, 2007
Last updated in NPPESMay 2, 2018

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolWRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY BOONSHOFT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2006 (20 years in practice)
Group practice Wellstar Medical Group Llc — 3072 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations6 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients133
Services billed 312 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $107,928 25 payments
Royalty or License $45,901 1 payment · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Travel and Lodging $21,570 15 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $4,624 38 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Wellstar Medical Group LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3072 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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