Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross, MD

  • Columbia, SC
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1063737351PAC ID5890932560
Medicare services, 2024
2,364
Medicare patients, 2024
922
Part D claims, 2024
2,676
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
100
Practice address
1920 Pickens St At Calhoun, Columbia, SC 29201
Practice phone
Call (803) 254-7732
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Primary practice

Columbia Eye Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Columbia, South Carolina

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Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross is an ophthalmologist in Columbia, South Carolina

Dr. Cross practices at Columbia Eye Surgery Center in Columbia, South Carolina.

Dr. Cross' NPI, 1063737351, was assigned on March 30, 2010. Dr. Cross graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2006. Dr. Cross holds South Carolina license 38691.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5890932560
NPI enumeration date
March 30, 2010
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(803) 254-7732
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
46
Medical school graduation
2006

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

Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross practices at Columbia Eye Surgery Center in Columbia, South Carolina

Dr. Cross' primary practice is Columbia Eye Surgery Center, at 1920 Pickens St At Calhoun, Columbia, SC 29201. The practice phone is (803) 254-7732.

  • Columbia Eye Surgery Center
    1920 Pickens St At Calhoun, Columbia, SC 29201Phone(803) 254-7732

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Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Cross' primary practice is Columbia Eye Surgery Center in Columbia, South Carolina. The medical group on file is Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cross to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross' practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Columbia Eye Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross is one of 269 ophthalmologists in South Carolina

Ophthalmology is Dr. Cross' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Cross is licensed in South Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, South CarolinaPrimaryLicense 38691 · taxonomy 207W00000X

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Cross

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Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross billed Medicare for 2,364 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,364 Medicare services from Dr. Cross across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 922 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $325,228 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,364
Medicare patients922
Paid by Medicare$325,228
Procedure codes18

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,3602024: 1,14216%
Tests and treatments
2023: 6662024: 80020%
Surgery
2023: 4152024: 4052%
Imaging
2023: 382024: 1755%

Where Dr. Cross' Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,95983%
  • In a facility40517%

Dr. Cross compared with the South Carolina median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Cross
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
2,364vs 2,446Close to median
Medicare patients
922vs 881Close to median
Part D claims
2,544vs 7483.4 times

Medians across 277 ophthalmologists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Cross' 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 Aloysius Cross treated 922 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 922 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cross in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 414 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.96, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cross' median patient age at 70, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 2024922
Average age75
Average risk score0.96
Also on Medicaid5%

Dr. Cross' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Cross' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women56061%
  • Men36239%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Cross' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure74%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Ischemic heart disease27%
  5. Diabetes26%
  6. Anxiety24%
  7. Mood disorders20%
  8. Chronic kidney disease19%

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

Dr. Cross' patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men41%

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

Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross wrote 2,676 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Cross wrote 2,676 Medicare Part D claims for 684 patients. 56% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,544 of them, across 35 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $389,780 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,159 claims across 32 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,676
Drugs named by CMS35
Total drug cost$389,780
Part D patients684

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

  • Generic1,511 claims56%
  • Brand-name1,165 claims44%

Dr. Cross' 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. Cross' Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics2%48 of 2,676 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: 2,1592024: 2,54418%

Drugs named by CMS: 35 in 2024, 32 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 Aloysius Cross scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Cross for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Cross accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 512 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Cross, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Cross' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 100of 100Final score
  • 99.9of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Where Dr. Cross ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
95th percentile512 procedures

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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 Aloysius Cross has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Cross in 2011.

Papers1

Recent publications by Dr. Cross

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Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross received $12,723 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 244 general payments to Dr. Cross from 34 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 57% of the total. Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. paid the most, $3,265.

General payments to Dr. Cross by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Cross by kind, 2016 to 2025

$12.7Kin total
  • Food and beverage$7,30657%
  • Consulting fees$5,37542%
  • Honoraria$280%
  • Education$140%

Companies that paid Dr. Cross the most, 2016 to 2025

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

Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Dr. Cross graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2006.

  1. Medical schoolMedical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross's profile data

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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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
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 Aloysius Cross' NPI number?

Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross' NPI number is 1063737351. It was assigned on March 30, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross?

Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross is an ophthalmologist in Columbia, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross practice?

Dr. Cross practices at 1920 Pickens St At Calhoun, Columbia, SC 29201. Dr. Cross' primary practice is Columbia Eye Surgery Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cross to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Cross is (803) 254-7732.

What is Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross' medical license number?

Dr. Cross holds South Carolina license 38691.

What medical group is Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross part of?

Dr. Cross is linked to Prisma Health Medical Group-Midlands. Dmand AI links Dr. Cross to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cross billed Medicare for 2,364 services in 2024, and Dr. Cross accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross' MIPS score?

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

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross see?

CMS counts 922 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cross in 2024, with an average age of 75.

What services does Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Cross' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: eye (66984) and eye exam or test (92136).

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Where did Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross go to medical school?

Dr. Cross graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 2006.

What drugs does Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Cross' most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Latanoprost and Brimonidine Tartrate.

Has Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $12,723 in general payments to Dr. Cross from 34 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.

How long has Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross been practicing?

Dr. Cross graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.

Does Dr. Stephen Aloysius Cross do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Cross.

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