Dr. Jessica Stewart Hightower, MD

Dr. Hightower practices at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California, part of Sutter Health.

Dr. Hightower's NPI, 1619362605, was assigned on April 6, 2015. Dr. Hightower holds California license A144227.

Dr. Hightower's primary practice is Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, at 1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 in San Mateo County. The practice phone is (650) 696-5400.

Dr. Hightower's primary practice is Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California, part of Sutter Health. Dr. Hightower is also affiliated with Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive. The medical group on file is Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hightower to 3 more hospitals and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hightower practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Vascular and interventional radiology is Dr. Hightower's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2085R0204X. Dr. Hightower is licensed in California.

CMS data shows 2,453 Medicare services from Dr. Hightower across 43 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,903 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $65,288 for them.

CMS counts 1,903 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hightower in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 770 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.59, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hightower's median patient age at 58, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Hightower wrote 15 Medicare Part D claims. 100% of them were for generic drugs.

Dr. Hightower accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Hightower in 2015. 2015 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Hightower has published most often in J Vasc Interv Radiol. Dr. Hightower's most frequent co-authors are Chiemezie Chianotu Amadi, MD, Meenakshi Bewtra, MD and Elana I. Den, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 17 general payments to Dr. Hightower from 6 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 67% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $1,044.