Dr. Steven R. Wardell, MD

  • Palos Heights, IL
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1639177652PAC ID9335047356
Medicare services, 2024
17,206
Medicare patients, 2024
884
Part D claims, 2024
1,420
MIPS score, 2024
73
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
7600 W College Dr, Palos Heights, IL 60463
Practice phone
Call (708) 361-0600
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Primary practice

Parkview Orthopaedic Group S C

Palos Heights, Illinois

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Dr. Steven R. Wardell is an orthopedic surgeon in Palos Heights, Illinois

Dr. Wardell practices at Parkview Orthopaedic Group S C in Palos Heights, Illinois.

Dr. Wardell's NPI, 1639177652, was assigned on July 13, 2005. Dr. Wardell holds Illinois license 036089118.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9335047356
NPI enumeration date
July 13, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(708) 361-0600
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
66
Medical school graduation
1986

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

Dr. Steven R. Wardell practices at Parkview Orthopaedic Group S C in Palos Heights, Illinois

Dr. Wardell's primary practice is Parkview Orthopaedic Group S C, at 7600 W College Dr, Palos Heights, IL 60463 in Cook County. The practice phone is (708) 361-0600.

  • Parkview Orthopaedic Group S C
    7600 W College Dr, Palos Heights, IL 60463 · Cook CountyPhone(708) 361-0600

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Steven R. Wardell is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Wardell's primary practice is Parkview Orthopaedic Group S C in Palos Heights, Illinois. Dr. Wardell is also affiliated with Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital. The medical group on file is Parkview Orthopaedic Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wardell to 4 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Steven R. Wardell's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Wardell practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Parkview Orthopaedic Group S CAvailable with a free account
+7 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Steven R. Wardell is one of 849 orthopedic surgeons in Illinois

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Wardell's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Wardell is licensed in Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, IllinoisPrimaryLicense 036089118 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Wardell

Counts of orthopedic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

849orthopedic surgeons in Illinois
4orthopedic surgeons in Palos Heights

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Steven R. Wardell billed Medicare for 17,206 services in 2024

CMS data shows 17,206 Medicare services from Dr. Wardell across 28 procedure codes in 2024, for 884 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $457,006 for them.

Medicare services, 202417,206
Medicare patients884
Paid by Medicare$457,006
Procedure codes28

Dr. Wardell's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 12,5462024: 11,4029%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,5072024: 1,90226%
Imaging
2023: 1,6092024: 1,5504%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,6342024: 1,46710%
Surgery
2023: 9042024: 78313%
Other services
2023: 1222024: 10216%

Where Dr. Wardell's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office16,93698%
  • In a facility2702%

Dr. Wardell compared with the Illinois median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Wardell
  • Illinois median
Medicare services
17,206vs 1,25013.8 times
Medicare patients
884vs 2963.0 times
Part D claims
1,375vs 12011.5 times

Medians across 741 orthopedic surgeons in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Wardell's 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. Steven R. Wardell treated 884 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 884 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wardell in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 391 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 2% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.03, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Wardell's median patient age at 73, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024884
Average age76
Average risk score1.03
Also on Medicaid2%

Dr. Wardell's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Wardell's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women55963%
  • Men32537%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Wardell's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Ischemic heart disease31%
  5. Diabetes29%
  6. Anxiety23%
  7. Chronic kidney disease22%
  8. Atrial fibrillation20%

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

Dr. Wardell's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men43%

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

Dr. Steven R. Wardell wrote 1,420 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Wardell wrote 1,420 Medicare Part D claims for 518 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,375 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $6,936 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,285 claims across 8 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,420
Drugs named by CMS11
Total drug cost$6,936
Part D patients518

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

  • Generic1,414 claims100%
  • Brand-name and other6 claims0%

Dr. Wardell's 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. Wardell's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids19%273 of 1,420 claims
  • Antibiotics20%282 of 1,420 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: 1,2852024: 1,3757%

Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 8 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. Steven R. Wardell scored 73 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 73 out of 100 for Dr. Wardell for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Wardell accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 20 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Wardell, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Wardell's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 73of 100Final score
  • 65.6of 100Quality
  • 71of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 68of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Wardell ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Knee replacement
90th percentile84 procedures
Hip replacement
85th percentile45 procedures
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
92nd percentile20 procedures

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

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. Steven R. Wardell received $8,576 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 20 general payments to Dr. Wardell from 5 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 68% of the total. Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated paid the most, $5,889.

General payments to Dr. Wardell by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Wardell by kind, 2016 to 2024

$8.6Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$5,80068%
  • Travel and lodging$1,59019%
  • Food and beverage$1,18614%

Companies that paid Dr. Wardell the most, 2016 to 2024

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Sources for Dr. Steven R. Wardell'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Steven R. Wardell's NPI number?

Dr. Steven R. Wardell's NPI number is 1639177652. It was assigned on July 13, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Steven R. Wardell?

Dr. Steven R. Wardell is an orthopedic surgeon in Palos Heights, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Steven R. Wardell practice?

Dr. Wardell practices at 7600 W College Dr, Palos Heights, IL 60463. Dr. Wardell's primary practice is Parkview Orthopaedic Group S C in Palos Heights, Illinois. Dmand AI also links Dr. Wardell to 4 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Steven R. Wardell's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Wardell is (708) 361-0600.

What is Dr. Steven R. Wardell's medical license number?

Dr. Wardell holds Illinois license 036089118.

Which hospitals is Dr. Steven R. Wardell affiliated with?

Dr. Wardell is affiliated with Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Wardell to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Steven R. Wardell part of?

Dr. Wardell is linked to Parkview Orthopaedic Group.

Does Dr. Steven R. Wardell accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Wardell billed Medicare for 17,206 services in 2024, and Dr. Wardell accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Steven R. Wardell's MIPS score?

Dr. Wardell's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 73 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Steven R. Wardell see?

CMS counts 884 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Wardell in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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What services does Dr. Steven R. Wardell bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Wardell's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J7329), physical therapy and rehabilitation (97110) and injected or infused drug (J0702).

What drugs does Dr. Steven R. Wardell prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Wardell's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Amoxicillin and Diclofenac Sodium.

Has Dr. Steven R. Wardell received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $8,576 in general payments to Dr. Wardell from 5 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.

How long has Dr. Steven R. Wardell been practicing?

Dr. Wardell graduated from medical school in 1986, 40 years ago.

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