What is Stephen Hightower's specialty?

Stephen Hightower (NPI 1972603371) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Urology in Long Beach, CA.

Where does Stephen Hightower practice?

Stephen Hightower practices in Long Beach, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1972603371.

How much does Medicare pay Stephen Hightower?

Stephen Hightower (NPI 1972603371) received approximately $1.8M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 692 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1972603371

Stephen HightowerM.D.

UrologyLong Beach, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

7,104

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

42,994

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$1.7M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 942 Urology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,637).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

3,344

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$287K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Tamsulosin Hcl898 claims

Finasteride708 claims

Alfuzosin Hcl194 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim138 claims

Solifenacin Succinate129 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$672

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$586

Education$86

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$586

Education$86

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Stephen Hightower's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 20 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	86	245
Reagan Street Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Los Alamitos, CA	36	85
Randy Fanous Diagnostic Radiology · San Diego, CA	31	65
Ankit Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Orange, CA	31	68
Bret Witter Cardiology · Los Alamitos, CA	26	120
Timothy O'neill Cardiology · Los Alamitos, CA	22	67
BROWN, KENNETH	21	43
Vincent Polek Diagnostic Radiology · Los Alamitos, CA	21	40
Stuart Fischer Cardiology · Los Alamitos, CA	19	57
RICHIE, DOUGLAS	19	39
Bradley Hatfield Diagnostic Radiology · Mission Hills, CA	17	27
Sidney Newman Dermatology · Los Alamitos, CA	15	24

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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