Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D.
Urology Physician · Long Beach, CA
Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D. is a urology physician with a practice address in Long Beach, California, and NPI 1972603371, issued on Sep 25, 2006. Check the license (California G084688, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stephen Anthony Hightower
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Urology Physician 208800000X
- License number
- G084688 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2888 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90806
- Phone
- (562) 595-6891
- Enumerated
- Sep 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (562) 490-7271
- Medicaid ID
- ZZZ75909Z CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120316000653); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Vermont College Of Medicine, 1993
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Stephen Anthony Hightower in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G084688Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average urology physician in 2024
3,471 Medicare Part D claims for 799 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 47 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl898 claims
- Finasteride708 claims
- Alfuzosin Hcl Er194 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim138 claims
- Solifenacin Succinate129 claims
- Cefdinir126 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $486.08
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Coast Urological Medical Group, Inc.Los Alamitos, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stephen Anthony Hightower among 1,524 urology physician records in California
Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D. is one of 1,524 urology physician records with a practice address in California. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2003 among the 1,049 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208800000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Urology Physician providers in California
There are 1,524 urology physician records in California.
All 1,524 in California → Every provider in Long Beach → Urology Physician nationwide →
The 8 urology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Ingram, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061447366711
- Michael Norris, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061114023850
- Raymond Sleiman, MDLong Beach, CA 908081750470357
- Joseph De Orio, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908151518981232
- Albert Petrossian, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908151003136565
- Rathika Ramkumar, MDLong Beach, CA 908151669904132
- Greg Gin, MDLong Beach, CA 908221699091850
- William Kim, MDLong Beach, CA 908221205102787
Common questions
What is Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D.'s NPI number?
Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972603371, issued on Sep 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2888 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA, 90806. Phone: (562) 595-6891. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G084688, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D. had 3,471 Medicare Part D claims for 799 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Stephen Anthony Hightower, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.