Dr. Kay Stephens, MD

  • Red Bluff, CA
  • General surgeon
NPI1336212752PAC ID9830261049
Medicare services, 2024
400
Medicare patients, 2024
229
Part D claims, 2024
158
MIPS score, 2024
91
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
2550 Sister Mary Columba Drive, Red Bluff, CA 96080
Practice phone
Call (530) 529-8000
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Primary practice

Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital

Hospital · Red Bluff, California

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Dr. Kay Stephens is a general surgeon in Red Bluff, California

Dr. Stephens practices at Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Stephens' NPI, 1336212752, was assigned on November 15, 2006. Dr. Stephens graduated from Indiana University School Of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Stephens holds California license G081913.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9830261049
NPI enumeration date
November 15, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(530) 529-8000
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1990

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Kay Stephens practices at Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California

Dr. Stephens' primary practice is Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, at 2550 Sister Mary Columba Drive, Red Bluff, CA 96080 in Tehama County. The practice phone is (530) 529-8000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Kay Stephens is affiliated with 2 sites of care

Dr. Stephens' primary practice is Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Stephens is also affiliated with Mercy Medical Center Redding. Dr. Stephens' employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kay Stephens' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Stephens practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community HospitalAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Kay Stephens is one of 2,926 general surgeons in California

Surgery is Dr. Stephens' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Stephens is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Stephens' licenses on file in 2 states: California and Michigan.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G081913 · 1995 to 2026 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Michigan license1993 to 1997

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, appendectomy, collapsed lung, colonoscopy, colon removal, gallbladder removal, gastrointestinal bleeding and groin hernia surgery among the conditions Dr. Stephens treats.

General surgeons near Dr. Stephens

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Dr. Kay Stephens billed Medicare for 400 services in 2024

CMS data shows 400 Medicare services from Dr. Stephens across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 229 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $39,956 for them.

Medicare services, 2024400
Medicare patients229
Paid by Medicare$39,956
Procedure codes11

Dr. Stephens' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3062024: 2944%
Surgery
2023: 1192024: 8826%
Other services
2023: 462024: 1861%

Where Dr. Stephens' Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office13434%
  • In a facility26667%

Dr. Stephens compared with the California median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Stephens
  • California median
Medicare services
400vs 1662.4 times
Medicare patients
229vs 12189% above
Part D claims
129vs 343.8 times

Medians across 2,606 general surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Stephens' most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Kay Stephens treated 229 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 229 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Stephens in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 107 patients. 72% of them have high blood pressure, and 68% have high cholesterol. 27% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.19, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Stephens' median patient age at 59, with 49% women.

Medicare patients, 2024229
Average age74
Average risk score1.19
Also on Medicaid27%

Dr. Stephens' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Stephens' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women11148%
  • Men11852%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Stephens' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure72%
  2. High cholesterol68%
  3. Arthritis41%
  4. Diabetes27%
  5. Ischemic heart disease24%
  6. COPD23%
  7. Mood disorders21%
  8. Chronic kidney disease20%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Stephens' patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 59

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women49%
  • Men51%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Kay Stephens wrote 158 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Stephens wrote 158 Medicare Part D claims for 113 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 129 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,498 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 150 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024158
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$1,498
Part D patients113

Dr. Stephens' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic129 claims82%
  • Brand-name29 claims18%

Dr. Stephens' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Stephens' Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids15%23 of 158 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1502024: 12914%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 6 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Kay Stephens scored 91 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Dr. Stephens for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Stephens accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of hernia repair - groin (open) by Dr. Stephens, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Stephens' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 91of 100Final score
  • 87.8of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 71of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Stephens ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Colonoscopy
77th percentile88 procedures
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
57th percentile34 procedures
Hernia repair - groin (open)
92nd percentile13 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Kay Stephens received $214 in industry payments from 2020 to 2022

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Stephens from 4 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2022. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Davol Inc. paid the most, $112.

General payments to Dr. Stephens by program year, 2020 to 2022

Companies that paid Dr. Stephens the most, 2020 to 2022

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Kay Stephens has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Stephens.

Awards and honors for Dr. Stephens

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Kay Stephens graduated from Indiana University School Of Medicine

Dr. Stephens graduated from Indiana University School Of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Stephens is a member of ACS, ASBS and SAGES.

  1. Medical schoolIndiana University School Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Kay Stephens accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Dr. Stephens is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Humana
  • Regence Health Plans
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Plan types Dr. Stephens accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare9
  2. PPO8
  3. HMO4
  4. POS4
  5. EPO3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Kay Stephens's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Kay Stephens' NPI number?

Dr. Kay Stephens' NPI number is 1336212752. It was assigned on November 15, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Kay Stephens?

Dr. Kay Stephens is a general surgeon in Red Bluff, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Kay Stephens practice?

Dr. Stephens practices at 2550 Sister Mary Columba Drive, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Dr. Stephens' primary practice is Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California, part of CommonSpirit Health.

What is Dr. Kay Stephens' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Stephens is (530) 529-8000.

What is Dr. Kay Stephens' medical license number?

Dr. Stephens holds California license G081913, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Kay Stephens been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Stephens in California (1995 to 2026) and Michigan (1993 to 1997).

Which hospitals is Dr. Kay Stephens affiliated with?

Dr. Stephens practices at Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California. Dr. Stephens is also affiliated with Mercy Medical Center Redding.

Does Dr. Kay Stephens accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Stephens billed Medicare for 400 services in 2024, and Dr. Stephens accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Kay Stephens' MIPS score?

Dr. Stephens' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 91 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kay Stephens see?

CMS counts 229 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Stephens in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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Is Dr. Kay Stephens board certified?

Yes. Dr. Stephens is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Kay Stephens bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Stephens' most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99203), hospital inpatient care (99222) and hospital inpatient care (99231).

Where did Dr. Kay Stephens go to medical school?

Dr. Stephens graduated from Indiana University School Of Medicine in 1990.

What drugs does Dr. Kay Stephens prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Stephens' most prescribed drugs by claims were Gavilyte-G, Peg-3350 And Electrolytes and Omeprazole.

Has Dr. Kay Stephens received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $214 in general payments to Dr. Stephens from 4 companies from 2020 to 2022. The largest total came from Davol Inc.

How long has Dr. Kay Stephens been practicing?

Dr. Stephens graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Kay Stephens accept?

Dr. Stephens is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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