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Dr. Robert James Stewart , MD

Orthopaedic Surgery โ€ข Spokane, WA

Active NPI 1073876025 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment Telehealth (some services)
Practice location in NPPES

601 W 5th Ave Ste 400
Spokane, WA 992042715

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

601 W 5th Ave Ste 400

Spokane, WA 992042715

Telephone 5093442663
Fax 5096249179
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists Ps Facility NPI 1609845825

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Other Listings in Public Data

NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Spokane, WA. See the list

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists Ps. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Graduation Year

2012

Medicare patients

259 people with Original Medicare in 2024

Different Original Medicare patients in 2024; counts below 11 are hidden; this does not show availability or quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider, 2024.

Medicare-allowed amount

About $76,844 in 2024

The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount

This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

Paid by Medicare

About $58,608 in 2024

The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Paid by Medicare

This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

30-day fills

79 standardized 30-day fills in 2024

CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.

What this does not show: 30-day fills

It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.

Part D drug cost

$766 in 2024

The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.

What this does not show: Part D drug cost

A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ€“ by Provider and Drug, 2024.

Open Payments general payments, program year 2024

All general payments: $34.07 across 2 records.

By nature of payment

  • Food and Beverage: $34.07 across 2 records.

Reporting-company totals

  • Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc: $34.07 across 2 records.

A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.

See the full table

Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2024 (published June 30, 2026).

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

14 years (graduated 2012)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2012 as the year this clinician finished professional school.

What this does not show: Years since graduation

It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.

NPI first issued

2012

The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.

What this does not show: NPI first issued

NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

Accepts Medicare assignment

CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.

Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, โ€œDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ€

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

Telehealth (some services)

Recent Medicare claims show this clinician provided some services by telehealth, such as a video or phone visit.

What this does not show: Telehealth (some services)

It does not mean all services are offered by telehealth, or that telehealth is covered by your plan.

Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Dr. Stewart has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.

It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Dr. Stewart as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.

What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services

It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What ordering and referring status means

Compared with the same specialty in Spokane and Washington

Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.

Medicare Part B services

More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Spokane, WA (2024, 24 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 424. Middle half: 166 to 910.

Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 328 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 859. Middle half: 278 to 1,938.

Medicare-allowed amount

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Spokane, WA (2024, 24 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $61,194. Middle half: $22,856 to $135,828.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 328 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $77,008. Middle half: $35,417 to $158,562.

Paid by Medicare

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Spokane, WA (2024, 24 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $47,056. Middle half: $16,759 to $105,705.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 328 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $57,841. Middle half: $25,649 to $120,474.

Medicare Part D prescriptions

Fewer Part D prescriptions than 60% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Spokane, WA (2024, 21 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 120. Middle half: 60 to 335.

Fewer Part D prescriptions than 65% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 315 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 145. Middle half: 55 to 321.

Part D drug cost

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Spokane, WA (2024, 21 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $1,069. Middle half: $313 to $2,277.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Washington (2024, 315 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $865. Middle half: $306 to $2,091.

43 active clinicians are listed under Orthopaedic Surgery with a practice address in Spokane, WA (656 in Washington).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Spokane

16.3% of these 43 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

48.8% of these 43 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures

Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments

Open Payments ยท Program Year 2024
Disclosure Year:

Program year 2024 (payments made January 1 โ€“ December 31, 2024): fewer than 11 records totaling $34.07.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
โ€” General $17.40
Sawtooth Surgical Solutions Inc
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
โ€” General $16.67

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024, released June 30, 2026.

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Services billed to Original Medicare Part B in 2024.

CMS Part B ยท Data Year 2024
Reporting Year:

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HCPCS Code Services Patients Submitted Charge Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
133 98 $213.89 $90.26
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
104 22 $4.00 $0.92
73030 X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
54 38 $81.48 $33.77
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes
46 46 $468.00 $168.94
73502 X-ray of hip, 2-3 views
38 31 $109.53 $30.33
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes
33 33 $318.00 $127.39
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
32 32 $303.44 $127.86
20610 Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint
31 25 $175.00 $57.49
73610 X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views
30 16 $87.20 $28.43
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
29 29 $435.79 $166.03
73560 X-ray of knee, 1-2 views
19 11 $82.00 $29.07
27245 Treatment of broken neck of thigh bone with bone implant
18 18 $2945.00 $1208.14
73552 X-ray of thigh bone, minimum 2 views
17 13 $83.06 $24.72
99231 Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes
16 12 $98.00 $48.24
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
14 12 $110.00 $45.06
27236 Treatment of upper end of broken thigh bone with placement of stabilizing device or prosthetic replacement
12 12 $2864.00 $1177.42

Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits

Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications

Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.

CMS Part D ยท Data Year 2024
Prescription Year:
Brand Name Generic Name Prescriptions Day Supply Total Cost Patients
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen 40 225 $463.32 33
Oxycodone Hcl Oxycodone Hcl 27 152 $183.52 18
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen 12 56 $118.89 โ€”

Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits

Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Self-certified to NPPES: 2024-12-12
Orthopaedic Surgery Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X

License # reported to NPPES IL 125061453

An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.

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Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20260423002104

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

ID

PECOS Control ID

6901109115

Medicare Order & Referring Eligibility
Clinical Lab & Imaging (Part B) Eligible
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Eligible
Home Health Agency (HHA) Eligible
Power Mobility Devices (PMD) Eligible

Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists Ps

601 W 5th Ave, Spokane, WA 992042715

Phone: 5093442663

Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists Ps

1593 E Polston Ave, Post Falls, ID 838545326

Phone: 5092523959

Secondary Practice Locations

601 W 5th Ave Ste 500

Spokane, WA 992042756

Phone: 5093448672

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

39 listed
David Baca , PA-C

Physician Assistant - Medical

NPI 1932513900

Physician Assistant (Certified)

Leann Bach , PA-C

Physician Assistant

NPI 1063414878

Physician Assistant (Certified)

Todd Bauernfeind , CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

NPI 1063480374

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Erin Bergey , CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

NPI 1518469303

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Mark Buescher , PA-C

Physician Assistant

NPI 1407181019

Physician Assistant (Certified)

Dr. Vera Cheng , MD

Anesthesiology

NPI 1841266962

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Career & Practice History Timeline

Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status

8 Historical Events
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Updated Practice Location December 03, 2019

Registered at 601 W 5TH AVE STE 400, SPOKANE, WA 992042715 (Tel: 5093442663)

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Updated Business Mailing Address December 03, 2019

Registered at 601 W 5TH AVE STE 400, SPOKANE, WA 992042715 (Tel: 5093442663)

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NPI Profile Active June 25, 2012

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Practice Location (Initial Record) June 25, 2012

Registered at 5841 S MARYLAND AVE, RM. J-141, MC1052, CHICAGO, IL 606371447 (Tel: 2062458682)

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Business Mailing Address (Initial Record) June 25, 2012

Registered at 5841 S MARYLAND AVE, RM. J-141, MC1052, CHICAGO, IL 606371447

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Provider Name / Credentials (Initial Record) June 25, 2012

Recorded as ROBERT STEWART, M.D.

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) June 25, 2012

Orthopaedic Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: IL 125061453)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration June 23, 2012

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1073876025
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: June 23, 2012
Last Update: December 12, 2024
Sole Proprietor: No

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Mailing Address

601 W 5th Ave Ste 400

Spokane, WA 992042715

Phone: 5093442663

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.