Higuera Plastic Surgery & Wellness Spa
Verification pending: less of the axis weight is sourced than the threshold requires, so no score is published yet.
Status: verification pending · last checked 2 September 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Single-physician plastic-surgery and wellness-spa practice with locations in the Condado area of San Juan and in Manatí. Physician named with role; no matching ABMS board record was found under this name.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Certification claimed on the clinic’s own site (“cirujano plástico certificado”); no ABMS Certification Matters record found under this name (tried with and without a first name). [audit: only the clinic's own claim supports the specialty; rubric 2 needs a secondary source → null] [site] |
? | ? | 26 | 2026-09-02 |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. Sole physician named with role and tied to the San Juan (Condado) address. [site] |
SEC | 16 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-09-02 |
| M4 | Facility registration Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 10 | 2026-09-02 |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. Departamento de Estado corporate register: Higuera Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery P.S.C., index 4826-711, status ACTIVE; resident agent and officer Stephen Higuera match the named physician Dr. Stephen Higuera, and the registered address (Calle Washington #29, San Juan) matches the clinic address exactly. [rcp-search] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers No identifiers at all. Site states the physician is a “certified plastic surgeon” without naming an issuer or a licence number. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-09-02 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. Quote not re-verified on 2026-09-02; previous value 4 withdrawn. |
? | ? | 12 | 2026-09-02 |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-09-02 |
| M9 | Patient documents One. FAQ section on the surgery page discusses post-operative recovery and pain management; no consent form, itemised risks/contraindications section, revision policy or complaint route found. [site-cirugia] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-09-02 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Stephen Higuera [site] | Plastic and reconstructive surgeon | not published |
Legal entity: Higuera Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery P.S.C. · 4826-711 [rcp-search]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified no
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified yes →
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (OIG LEIE — HHS Office of Inspector General List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (federal healthcare exclusions, filterable to Puerto Rico)): no entry found [leie]
What we could not verify
- M1 · Specialist certification of the responsible physician
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- M4 · Facility registration
- M7 · Advertising honesty
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.drhiguera.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 787-998-4000 |
| Address | Ashford Medical Center, 29 C. Washington, Suite 401, San Juan, PR 00907 |
| City | San Juan |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.drhiguera.com/ | clinic's own site | physician, address, phone, superlative quote | 2 September 2026 |
| site-cirugia | https://www.drhiguera.com/cirugia-plastica | clinic's own site | menu (breast, body contouring); FAQ recovery information | 2 September 2026 |
| leie | https://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/downloadables/UPDATED.csv | official register | OIG LEIE bulk CSV filtered STATE=PR, LASTNAME contains HIGUERA: no matching active exclusion | 2 September 2026 |
| rcp-search | https://rceapi.estado.pr.gov/api/corporation/search | official register | POST rceapi.estado.pr.gov/api/corporation/search q=HIGUERA → HIGUERA PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY P.S.C., 4826-711, ACTIVE | 2 September 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2 September 2026 | axes.M5: null → 5 (Departamento de Estado RCP match (follow-up pass)) |
| 2 September 2026 | axes.M7: 4 → null (Citation re-check: quote not found at https://www.drhiguera.com/ (quote not found); cell degraded to could-not-verify.) |
| 2 September 2026 | Initial collection. |
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