Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner, DO

  • Hackensack, NJ
  • General surgeon
NPI1861871287PAC ID2567744022
Medicare services, 2024
430
Medicare patients, 2024
295
Part D claims, 2024
230
MIPS score, 2024
81
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
360 Essex St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
Practice phone
Call (732) 807-0800
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Primary practice

Hmhmg Specialty Care

Hackensack, New Jersey

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Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner is a general surgeon in Hackensack, New Jersey

Dr. Klepner practices at Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Dr. Klepner's NPI, 1861871287, was assigned on May 19, 2015. Dr. Klepner graduated from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2015. Dr. Klepner holds New Jersey license 25MB11029300.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2567744022
NPI enumeration date
May 19, 2015
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(732) 807-0800
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
37
Medical school graduation
2015

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

Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner practices at Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey

Dr. Klepner's primary practice is Hmhmg Specialty Care, at 360 Essex St, Hackensack, NJ 07601 in Bergen County. The practice phone is (732) 807-0800.

  • Hmhmg Specialty Care
    360 Essex St, Hackensack, NJ 07601 · Bergen CountyPhone(732) 807-0800

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

Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Klepner's primary practice is Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Klepner is also affiliated with Jersey Shore University Medical Center. The medical group on file is Hackensack Meridian Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Klepner to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups 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. Stephen Cole Klepner's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Klepner practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Hmhmg Specialty CareAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner is one of 675 general surgeons in New Jersey

Surgery is Dr. Klepner's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Klepner is licensed in New Jersey.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, New JerseyPrimaryLicense 25MB11029300 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Klepner

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

Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner billed Medicare for 430 services in 2024

CMS data shows 430 Medicare services from Dr. Klepner across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 295 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $41,338 for them.

Medicare services, 2024430
Medicare patients295
Paid by Medicare$41,338
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4862024: 41914%
Surgery
2023: 02024: 11

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

  • In an office8620%
  • In a facility34480%

Dr. Klepner compared with the New Jersey median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Klepner
  • New Jersey median
Medicare services
430vs 1702.5 times
Medicare patients
295vs 1252.4 times
Part D claims
129vs 274.8 times

Medians across 630 general surgeons in New Jersey with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Klepner'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. Stephen Cole Klepner treated 295 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 295 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Klepner in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 113 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.21, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Klepner's median patient age at 64, with 49% women.

Medicare patients, 2024295
Average age75
Average risk score2.21
Also on Medicaid13%

Dr. Klepner's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Klepner's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women16556%
  • Men13044%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis63%
  4. Ischemic heart disease52%
  5. Diabetes42%
  6. Mood disorders40%
  7. Chronic kidney disease39%
  8. Anxiety38%

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

Dr. Klepner's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women49%
  • Men48%

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

Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner wrote 230 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Klepner wrote 230 Medicare Part D claims for 104 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 129 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $975 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 47 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024230
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$975
Part D patients104

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

  • Generic211 claims92%
  • Brand-name and other19 claims8%

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

  • Opioids30%70 of 230 claims
  • Antibiotics12%27 of 230 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: 472024: 129174%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 2 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. Stephen Cole Klepner scored 81 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Klepner for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Klepner accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 21 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Klepner, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Klepner's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 81of 100Final score
  • 66.4of 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. Klepner ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of tissue
70th percentile22 procedures
Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
89th percentile21 procedures
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
48th percentile18 procedures

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

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

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 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. Stephen Cole Klepner received $6,647 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 65 general payments to Dr. Klepner from 20 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 60% of the total. TELA Bio, Inc. paid the most, $1,549.

General payments to Dr. Klepner by program year, 2022 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Klepner by kind, 2022 to 2025

$6.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,95660%
  • Travel and lodging$2,29134%
  • Consulting fees$4006%

Companies that paid Dr. Klepner the most, 2022 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner graduated from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Klepner graduated from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2015.

  1. Medical schoolRowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner'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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner's NPI number?

Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner's NPI number is 1861871287. It was assigned on May 19, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner?

Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner is a general surgeon in Hackensack, New Jersey. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner practice?

Dr. Klepner practices at 360 Essex St, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Dr. Klepner's primary practice is Hmhmg Specialty Care in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dmand AI also links Dr. Klepner to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Klepner is (732) 807-0800.

What is Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner's medical license number?

Dr. Klepner holds New Jersey license 25MB11029300.

Which hospitals is Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner affiliated with?

Dr. Klepner is affiliated with Jersey Shore University Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Klepner to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner part of?

Dr. Klepner is linked to Hackensack Meridian Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Klepner to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Klepner billed Medicare for 430 services in 2024, and Dr. Klepner accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner's MIPS score?

Dr. Klepner's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 81 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner see?

CMS counts 295 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Klepner in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Klepner's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), hospital inpatient care (99222) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner go to medical school?

Dr. Klepner graduated from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2015.

What drugs does Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Klepner's most prescribed drugs by claims were Tramadol HCl, Oxycodone HCl and Methocarbamol.

Has Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $6,647 in general payments to Dr. Klepner from 20 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from TELA Bio, Inc.

How long has Dr. Stephen Cole Klepner been practicing?

Dr. Klepner graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.

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