Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Stephen E Sandwell, MD

Individual provider Surgical Physician Assistant · NPI 1477525970

Stephen E Sandwell, MD practises Neurosurgery in Huntsville, Alabama. Graduated from University of Louisville School of Medicine in 2011, 15 years ago. Practices with Huntsville Hospital Spine and Neuro Center, a 33-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama, Kentucky and New York.

Years since qualifying
15
Trained at
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Licensed in
AL, KY, NY
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
4
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

201 Governors Dr SW Fl 1
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone: (256) 533-1600
Fax: (256) 539-0856
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Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence 37118 (AL)
Surgical Physician Assistant Taxonomy 363AS0400X · Licence PA722 (KY)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X
Neurological Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence 281802-1 (NY)

Record details

NPI number1477525970
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedFebruary 7, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJuly 5, 2018

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyNEUROSURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2011 (15 years in practice)
Group practice Huntsville Hospital Spine And Neuro Center — 33 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Spinal fusion 74 times · 65th percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 21 times · 50th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients380
Services billed 933 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus Hospital · Decatur, AL · listed as Decatur Morgan Hospitalist Group
  • Huntsville Hospital Hospital · Huntsville, AL · listed as Huntsville Hospital Anesthesia
  • Athens Limestone Hospital Hospital · Athens, AL
  • Helen Keller Hospital Hospital · Sheffield, AL
  • North Alabama Medical Center Hospital · Florence, AL

Colleagues at Huntsville Hospital Spine and Neuro Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 33 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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