Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Mark Raymond Hightower, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1982959664

Mark Raymond Hightower, MD practises General Surgery in Brainerd, Minnesota. Graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 2012, 14 years ago. Practices with St Josephs Medical Center, a 240-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Minnesota.

Years since qualifying
14
Trained at
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Licensed in
MN
In the registry since
2012
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

2024 S 6th St
Brainerd, MN 56401-4529
Phone: (218) 828-7101
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 61942 (MN)

Record details

NPI number1982959664
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJuly 18, 2012
Last updated in NPPESJuly 21, 2022

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2012 (14 years in practice)
Group practice St Josephs Medical Center — 240 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 47 times · 62nd percentile
Colonoscopy 38 times · 58th percentile
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Hernia repair - groin (open) 1–10 times
Mastectomy 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients184
Services billed 386 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at St Josephs Medical Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 240 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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