Kevin H Higashigawa, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Higashigawa’s office at (408) 972-3000 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$1,631
Pharmacies billed $1,631 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 18% of their Part D prescriptions (28 of 152) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical orthopedic surgery clinician is at 31%.
152 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $1,631 in drug cost.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
| Ibuprofen | 37 | $963 | $15 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $290 | $6 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 12 | $145 | $10 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 11 | $96 | $8 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 152 | 64 | 18% (28) | 0% | $1,631 |
| 2023 | 157 | 50 | 34% (53) | None | $1,868 |
| 2022 | 98 | 39 | 13% (13) | None | $2,266 |
| 2021 | 109 | 42 | 18% (20) | None | $1,369 |
| 2020 | 56 | 25 | 25% (14) | 0% | $595 |
| 2019 | 39 | 23 | 41% (16) | None | $465 |
| 2018 | 26 | 11 | 46% (12) | 0% | $270 |
| 2017 | 44 | 23 | 32% (14) | 0% | $584 |
| 2016 | 157 | 78 | 66% (104) | None | $3,416 |
| 2015 | 131 | 65 | 65% (85) | 14% | $3,764 |
| 2014 | 142 | 58 | 67% (95) | 11% | $5,486 |
| 2013 | 117 | 61 | 58% (68) | 25% | $6,662 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 3 drugs
| Ibuprofen | 38 | $595 | $16 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 46 | $393 | $9 |
| Meloxicam | 53 | $353 | $7 |
2022: 2 drugs
| Meloxicam | 55 | $396 | $7 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $222 | $13 |
2021: 3 drugs
| Meloxicam | 39 | $276 | $7 |
| Diclofenac | 11 | $254 | $23 |
| Ibuprofen | 16 | $205 | $13 |
2020: 2 drugs
| Meloxicam | 21 | $129 | $6 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 11 | $112 | $10 |
2019: 1 drug
| Meloxicam | 17 | $104 | $6 |
2018: 1 drug
| Meloxicam | 12 | $81 | $7 |
2017: 1 drug
| Meloxicam | 17 | $112 | $7 |
2016: 3 drugs
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 40 | $1,091 | $27 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 46 | $778 | $17 |
| Tramadol | 12 | $64 | $5 |
2015: 4 drugs
| Celecoxib | 11 | $1,068 | $97 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 29 | $711 | $25 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 27 | $292 | $11 |
| Tramadol | 11 | $48 | $4 |
2014: 5 drugs
| Celebrex | 12 | $2,453 | $204 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 37 | $1,353 | $37 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 33 | $636 | $19 |
| Ibuprofen | 25 | $305 | $12 |
| Tramadol | 20 | $147 | $7 |
2013: 4 drugs
| Celebrex | 26 | $4,610 | $177 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 18 | $317 | $18 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 24 | $299 | $12 |
| Tramadol | 17 | $157 | $9 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1245435536
- Licence
- HI MD15666
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207XX0005X (207XX0005X)
- Mailing address
- 10470 Old Placerville Rd, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA, 95827
- NPI first listed
- 2007-06-18
- NPI last updated
- 2021-12-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.