Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie, MD

  • San Diego, CA
  • Cardiologist
NPI1740290873PAC ID1254464639
Medicare services, 2024
1,225
Medicare patients, 2024
746
Part D claims, 2024
3,769
Publications
4
MIPS score, 2024
89
Practice address
5651 Copley Dr, San Diego, CA 92111
Practice phone
Call (858) 262-6666
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Primary practice

Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc

San Diego, California

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Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie is a cardiologist in San Diego, California

Dr. Gillespie practices at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc in San Diego, California.

Dr. Gillespie's NPI, 1740290873, was assigned on August 9, 2006. Dr. Gillespie graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine in 1986. Dr. Gillespie holds California license G66094.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1254464639
NPI enumeration date
August 9, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(858) 262-6666
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
66
Medical school graduation
1986

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie practices at Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc in San Diego, California

Dr. Gillespie's primary practice is Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc, at 5651 Copley Dr, San Diego, CA 92111 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (858) 262-6666.

  • Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc
    5651 Copley Dr, San Diego, CA 92111 · San Diego CountyPhone(858) 262-6666

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Gillespie's primary practice is Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc in San Diego, California. Dr. Gillespie is also affiliated with Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. The medical group on file is UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gillespie to 2 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Gillespie practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, IncAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie is one of 2,375 cardiologists in California

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Gillespie's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Gillespie is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Gillespie's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Cardiovascular disease, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G66094 · 1989 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RC0000X
  • Illinois license1986 to 1990

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure and heart valve disorders among the conditions Dr. Gillespie treats.

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Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie billed Medicare for 1,225 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,225 Medicare services from Dr. Gillespie across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 746 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $81,694 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,225
Medicare patients746
Paid by Medicare$81,694
Procedure codes23

Dr. Gillespie's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 8282024: 7796%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3712024: 27027%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 562024: 8959%
Other services
2023: 682024: 4731%
Imaging
2023: 502024: 4020%

Where Dr. Gillespie's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,06087%
  • In a facility16513%

Dr. Gillespie compared with the California median for cardiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Gillespie
  • California median
Medicare services
1,225vs 1,56021% below
Medicare patients
746vs 64416% above
Part D claims
3,580vs 1,4102.5 times

Medians across 2,237 cardiologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Gillespie's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie treated 746 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 746 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gillespie in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 313 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Gillespie's median patient age at 66, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024746
Average age76
Average risk score1.29
Also on Medicaid10%

Dr. Gillespie's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Gillespie's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women38151%
  • Men36549%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Gillespie's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Ischemic heart disease38%
  5. Atrial fibrillation33%
  6. Diabetes29%
  7. Heart failure29%
  8. Chronic kidney disease27%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Gillespie's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 66

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men43%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie wrote 3,769 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Gillespie wrote 3,769 Medicare Part D claims for 591 patients. 77% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,580 of them, across 45 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,318,083 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,525 claims across 46 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,769
Drugs named by CMS45
Total drug cost$1.3M
Part D patients591

Dr. Gillespie's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,891 claims77%
  • Brand-name878 claims23%

Dr. Gillespie's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3,5252024: 3,5802%

Drugs named by CMS: 45 in 2024, 46 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie scored 89 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. Gillespie for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Gillespie accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Gillespie's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 89of 100Final score
  • 81of 100Quality
  • 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 82of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie has 4 publications on record

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Gillespie in 2017. Dr. Gillespie's most frequent co-authors are Icilma V. Fergus, MD, Cathleen Noel Bairey Merz, MD and Angela Dispenzieri, MD.

Papers4

Dr. Gillespie's most frequent co-authors

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie received $140,383 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 204 general payments to Dr. Gillespie from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 45% of the total. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation paid the most, $59,204.

General payments to Dr. Gillespie by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Gillespie by kind, 2016 to 2025

$140.4Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$63,60045%
  • Consulting fees$55,06339%
  • Travel and lodging$12,2749%
  • Food and beverage$7,4315%
  • Other$2,0161%

Companies that paid Dr. Gillespie the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Gillespie.

Awards and honors for Dr. Gillespie

  1. Undated
    • ACC Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine

Dr. Gillespie graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine in 1986. Dr. Gillespie is a member of ACC, ASE and ASNC.

  1. Medical schoolPritzker School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in cardiovascular diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie accepts plans from 5 insurance carriers

Dr. Gillespie is in network with 5 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • CMS Medicare
  • Elevance

Plan types Dr. Gillespie accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare3
  2. PPO3
  3. EPO2
  4. HMO2
  5. POS2
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie's NPI number?

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie's NPI number is 1740290873. It was assigned on August 9, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie?

Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie is a cardiologist in San Diego, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).

Where does Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie practice?

Dr. Gillespie practices at 5651 Copley Dr, San Diego, CA 92111. Dr. Gillespie's primary practice is Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc in San Diego, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gillespie to 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Gillespie is (858) 262-6666.

What is Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie's medical license number?

Dr. Gillespie holds California license G66094, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Gillespie in California (1989 to 2026) and Illinois (1986 to 1990).

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie affiliated with?

Dr. Gillespie is affiliated with Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

What medical group is Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie part of?

Dr. Gillespie is linked to UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging. Dmand AI links Dr. Gillespie to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Gillespie billed Medicare for 1,225 services in 2024, and Dr. Gillespie accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie's MIPS score?

Dr. Gillespie's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 89 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie see?

CMS counts 746 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gillespie in 2024, with an average age of 76.

Is Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie board certified?

Yes. Dr. Gillespie is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Gillespie's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93000), heart test or procedure (93306) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie go to medical school?

Dr. Gillespie graduated from Pritzker School of Medicine in 1986.

What drugs does Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Gillespie's most prescribed drugs by claims were Metoprolol Succinate, Eliquis and Atorvastatin Calcium.

Has Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $140,383 in general payments to Dr. Gillespie from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.

How long has Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie been practicing?

Dr. Gillespie graduated from medical school in 1986, 40 years ago.

Does Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie do research?

Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Gillespie.

Who does Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie publish with?

Dr. Gillespie's most frequent co-authors are Icilma V. Fergus, MD (2 shared papers), Cathleen Noel Bairey Merz, MD (1 shared paper) and Angela Dispenzieri, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Robert Lee Gillespie accept?

Dr. Gillespie is in network with 5 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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