Steven C Howe, MD

Primary specialty

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) PhysicianTaxonomy code 208G00000X

License

G679076 Issued in CA

Practice address

2130 Citracado Pkwy Ste 220
Escondido, CA 92029-4151

Phone

(760) 743-0546

Fax

(760) 317-9769

NPI assigned

May 30, 2006

Last updated

Sep 8, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Cardiac SurgeryAlso: Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Education

Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1992

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Pryme Health IncGroup PAC ID 8820512460, 2 clinicians

Regents of the University of CaliforniaGroup PAC ID 3577476761, shared by 18 NPIs, 2,047 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta Hospital, Murrieta, CA, CCN 050770
• UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr Hospital, San Diego, CA, CCN 050025

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

90.77 of 100Reported as group

Quality

84.13

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

73.88

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: showe248745@direct.llu.edu

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Pryme Health Inc

  dba The Skin Rejuvenation and Wellness

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Huntington Beach, CA
  • NPI 1467288373
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1235232778
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1376646869
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1558463927
  NPD
• Regents of the University of California - Ucsd Medical Group

  dba UCSD Dept of Gastroenterology

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1336267137
  NPD
• Arch Health Partners, Inc

  dba Palomar Health Medical Group

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Poway, CA
  • NPI 1649500141

  Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

  NPD (past)
• Regents of the University of California

  dba Ucsd Medical Center Pharmacy

  • Pharmacy
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1598786576
  NPD (past)
• Regents of the University of California Ucsd Head and Neck Surgery

  • Otolaryngology Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1679509962
  NPD (past)
• Temecula Valley Hospital Inc

  dba Temecula Valley Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Temecula, CA
  • NPI 1679816201
  NPD (past)
• Lake Charles Medical Services, Inc

  dba Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery Center

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Lake Charles, LA
  • NPI 1699717231
  NPD (past)
• Physician Services Corporation of Southern Illinois Inc.

  dba SSM Health Medical Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Mount Vernon, IL
  • NPI 1831101807

  Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Murrieta, CA
  • NPI 1588908388
  Care Compare affiliation
• Regents of the University of California

  dba UCSD Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1184722779
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• House of Hearing Inc
• House of Hearts LLC
• Marjorie McKinley Houston, AUD
• Howard I Krausz (Hidden Valley Eye Associates)
• Holli Suzann Howe, LVN
• Roberta Hoyle
• Charleen Hsieh, MPH, RDN
• Lily Hsu, ACUPUNCTURIST
• Tiffany Hsu
• Chenggang Hu, M.D.

• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Escondido, CA
• Providers in Escondido, CA by specialty
• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 8, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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