Dr. Stephen Thomas Gates, MD

Dr. Gates practices at The Orthopaedic Surgery Center of San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Gates' NPI, 1124414933, was assigned on April 8, 2015. Dr. Gates graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2015. Dr. Gates holds Texas license R6784.

Dr. Gates' primary practice is The Orthopaedic Surgery Center of San Antonio, at 400 Concord Plaza Drive Suite 200, San Antonio, TX 78216. The practice phone is (210) 253-2660.

Dr. Gates' primary practice is The Orthopaedic Surgery Center of San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Gates is also affiliated with Baptist Medical Center. The medical group on file is TSAOG Orthopaedics & Spine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gates to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Gates' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Gates is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Gates' licenses on file in 3 states: Texas, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, bursitis, enthesopathy in arms, hip replacement, joint arthropathy, joint pain and knee injury among the conditions Dr. Gates treats.

CMS data shows 2,807 Medicare services from Dr. Gates across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 379 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $133,968 for them.

CMS counts 379 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gates in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 187 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 6% 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. Gates' median patient age at 66, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gates wrote 423 Medicare Part D claims for 182 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 384 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,227 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 308 claims across 9 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 80 out of 100 for Dr. Gates for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Gates accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 43 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Gates, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 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)

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Gates, published from 2018 to 2023. 2020 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Arthroplasty, Replacement, Shoulder, Glenoid Cavity and Shoulder Joint. Dr. Gates has published most often in J Shoulder Elbow Surg. Dr. Gates' most frequent co-authors are Michael Saul Khazzam, MD, Avneesh Chhabra, MD and Brian William Sager, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 18 general payments to Dr. Gates from 5 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2024. Education make up the largest share, 62% of the total. Liberty Surgical Inc. paid the most, $1,200.

Dr. Gates graduated from Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2015.

Dr. Gates is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.