Dr. Lauren Stipp, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Stipp
Dr. Lauren Stipp is an internal medicine specialist in Inlet Beach, FL, with 12 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Stipp performed 1,965 Medicare services across 1,777 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Stipp received a total of $1,676 from 16 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 31 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Stipp is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 304 | $122 | $325 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 216 | $10 | $74 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 172 | $118 | $899 |
| Ct scan of blood vessels and grafts of heart with contrast | 128 | $88 | $796 |
| Ct scan of heart with evaluation of blood vessel calcium | 121 | $22 | $74 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 118 | $27 | $75 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 91 | $70 | $320 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 83 | $56 | $516 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 83 | $16 | $24 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 83 | $11 | $16 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 80 | $92 | $231 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 79 | $126 | $427 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 54 | $6 | $9 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 44 | $77 | $292 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 36 | $94 | $262 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 32 | $137 | $516 |
| Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional | 28 | $15 | $32 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 25 | $20 | $63 |
| Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | 23 | $17 | $50 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 23 | $19 | $58 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with tracing | 18 | $5 | $52 |
| Ultrasound of heart | 18 | $32 | $115 |
| Remote pacemaker/defibrillator monitoring, 90 days | 17 | $16 | $63 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 15 | $79 | $823 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 14 | $19 | $72 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review by health care professional | 13 | $12 | $218 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with symptom monitoring, transmission and review and report by health care professional | 13 | $16 | $190 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 12 | $122 | $314 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 11 | $14 | $47 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 11 | $2 | $165 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (94%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
18.0 mi
Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Stipp is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 21% in FL), with low-engagement industry engagement.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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