Dr. Cody Lee Hightower, MD

Dr. Hightower practices at Piedmont Orthopedics in Douglasville, Georgia.

Dr. Hightower's NPI, 1275986655, was assigned on July 20, 2016. Dr. Hightower holds Georgia license 91842.

Dr. Hightower's primary practice is Piedmont Orthopedics, at 2976 Chapel Hill Rd, Douglasville, GA 30135 in Douglas County. The practice phone is (404) 352-1053.

Dr. Hightower's primary practice is Piedmont Orthopedics in Douglasville, Georgia. Dr. Hightower is also affiliated with Wellstar Douglas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hightower to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 therapy and rehab clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hightower practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hand surgery is Dr. Hightower's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207XS0106X. Dmand AI has Dr. Hightower's licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and South Carolina.

CMS data shows 824 Medicare services from Dr. Hightower across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 146 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $33,412 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 146 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hightower in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 82 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.03, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hightower's median patient age at 55, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Hightower wrote 262 Medicare Part D claims for 146 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 204 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $602 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 134 claims across 5 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Hightower for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Hightower accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

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

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Hightower. The most frequent topics are Fracture Fixation, Internal. Dr. Hightower's most frequent co-authors are Lisa Kaye Cannada, MD, Peter William D'Amore, MD and Thomas M. Jones, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 85 general payments to Dr. Hightower from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 67% of the total. Peerless Surgical Inc. paid the most, $5,255.