Anesthesiology Physician

NUCC 207L00000X · Anesthesiology

56,432 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 56 states · 36th of 690 specialties by headcount.

56,432
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
56
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
7,141 providers
$938
Open Pay avg
280th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Anesthesiology Physician ranks 36th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.8% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

56,432
NPPES providers in specialty
36th
of 690 specialties
466
state-share HHI
9.6%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (2.4× the national rate; Massachusetts 1.6×); 89.1% of the Anesthesiology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Anesthesiology Physician (NUCC 207L00000X; 9.6% Part D prescribers (5,442 of 56,432); avg 860 Part D claims/prescriber (172nd of 567); Open Payments avg $938/physician (280th of 552; 17,369 paid, $16.3M total); state-share HHI 466; next-larger headcount neighbor Physical Therapy Assistant (+3,813); next-smaller Psychiatry Physician (-3,261)).

Next larger: Physical Therapy Assistant (60,245) Next smaller: Psychiatry Physician (53,171)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California7,141
2New York4,563
3Texas4,341
4Florida3,237
5Pennsylvania2,331
6Illinois2,330
7Ohio2,047
8Massachusetts1,846
9Michigan1,688
10Washington1,592
11New Jersey1,503
12Arizona1,371
13Virginia1,336
14Georgia1,334
15Indiana1,318

Top Cities for Anesthesiology Physician

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York1,229
2DallasTexas1,182
3HoustonTexas1,008
4BostonMassachusetts930
5ChicagoIllinois906
6San DiegoCalifornia681
7SeattleWashington676
8Los AngelesCalifornia671
9PhiladelphiaPennsylvania630
10PhoenixArizona572
11IndianapolisIndiana519
12Saint LouisMissouri518

Sample Anesthesiology Physician NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Scott Lancaster, M.D.Midland, TX
2William Lyth, MDTappahannock, VA
3Gerry Lawler, M.D.Abilene, TX
4H Lowry, M.D.Abilene, TX
5Herbert Brown, M.D.Irving, TX
6Doralina Anghelescu, MDMemphis, TN
7Matthew McCarty, M.D.Austin, TX
8Alberto De Armendi, MDOklahoma City, OK
9Mulki Bhat, M.D.Philadelphia, PA
10Anil Albuquerque, M.D.Seattle, WA
11Varalakshmi Annadanam, M.DTotowa, NJ
12Robert Wills, M.D.Round Rock, TX
13Nirmal Joshi, M.D.Evansville, IN
14Ani Kalfayan, MDBrooklyn, NY
15Dong Chen, M.D.Newark, NJ
16Brannon Frank, M.D.Austin, TX
17George Bikhazi, MDMemphis, TN
18Holly Clause, M.D.Austin, TX

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Anesthesiology category.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Anesthesiology Physician providers are in the US?
There are 56,432 Anesthesiology Physician providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 56 US states and territories. California has the most with 7,141 providers. Leading metros include New York, NY; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Boston, MA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 36th by headcount.
Do Anesthesiology Physician clinicians appear in Open Payments?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 17,369 Anesthesiology Physician physicians receiving industry payments totaling $16.3M (109,706 payments; average $938 per paid physician, 280th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Anesthesiology Physician NPIs, 5,442 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 860 claims and $54K drug cost per prescriber; 172nd of 567 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-20.