NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Anesthesiology Physician in Colorado

1,202 NPPES records list anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Colorado, 20 per 100,000 residents, the 12th highest rate of 51. Denver and Aurora have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Colorado license search. Page 25 of 25.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207L00000X · method

Denver has the most, 225

Anesthesiology Physician records in Colorado

  1. Rushton Zepernick, D.O.Fort Collins, CO 805241730353376
  2. Patrick Zoellner, MDDenver, CO 802301104903913

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207L00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Colorado ranks 12 of 51 per resident

  1. Indiana21
  2. Vermont21
  3. Illinois21
  4. Colorado20
  5. Maryland20
  6. Maine20
  7. 50 states and D.C.18

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207L00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

74.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 73.7% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Colorado74.7%
  2. United States73.7%

Anesthesiology Physician records in Colorado, measured

  • In a Medicare file898 of 1,202 · 74.7% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file824 · 68.6% here, 67.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more731 · 60.8% here, 57.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 824 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207L00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,202 NPPES records list anesthesiology physician (207L00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Colorado: 20 per 100,000 residents against 18 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Denver has 225 of them (19%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Missouri1,153
  2. Maryland1,253
  3. Wisconsin1,313
  4. Minnesota1,042

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Illinois20.5
  2. Maine20.1
  3. Vermont20.9
  4. Montana20.0

The largest states

  1. California7,571
  2. New York5,062
  3. Texas4,635
  4. Florida3,375
  5. Illinois2,575

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.