Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in the U.S.
26,720 NPPES records list cardiovascular disease physician as their primary taxonomy, about 7.9 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Massachusetts have the most per resident. 20,728 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207RC0000X means
207RC0000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 26,720 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An internist who specializes in diseases of the heart and blood vessels and manages complex cardiac conditions such as heart attacks and life-threatening, abnormal heartbeat rhythms.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RC0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 656
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RC0000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 311 | 6.1 |
| Alaska | 24 | 3.3 |
| Arizona | 488 | 6.6 |
| Arkansas | 148 | 4.8 |
| California | 2,574 | 6.6 |
| Colorado | 332 | 5.6 |
| Connecticut | 503 | 13.9 |
| Delaware | 102 | 9.9 |
| District of Columbia | 128 | 18.9 |
| Florida | 1,946 | 8.6 |
| Georgia | 726 | 6.6 |
| Hawaii | 84 | 5.9 |
| Idaho | 73 | 3.7 |
| Illinois | 1,073 | 8.6 |
| Indiana | 451 | 6.6 |
| Iowa | 169 | 5.3 |
| Kansas | 190 | 6.5 |
| Kentucky | 284 | 6.3 |
| Louisiana | 327 | 7.1 |
| Maine | 147 | 10.5 |
| Maryland | 613 | 9.9 |
| Massachusetts | 1,080 | 15.4 |
| Michigan | 860 | 8.6 |
| Minnesota | 627 | 10.9 |
| Mississippi | 142 | 4.8 |
| Missouri | 446 | 7.2 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 64 | 5.6 |
| Nebraska | 117 | 5.9 |
| Nevada | 176 | 5.5 |
| New Hampshire | 152 | 10.8 |
| New Jersey | 1,102 | 11.9 |
| New Mexico | 117 | 5.5 |
| New York | 2,583 | 13.2 |
| North Carolina | 841 | 7.8 |
| North Dakota | 45 | 5.7 |
| Ohio | 1,009 | 8.6 |
| Oklahoma | 184 | 4.5 |
| Oregon | 265 | 6.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,476 | 11.4 |
| Rhode Island | 120 | 10.9 |
| South Carolina | 300 | 5.6 |
| South Dakota | 45 | 4.9 |
| Tennessee | 464 | 6.5 |
| Texas | 1,603 | 5.3 |
| Utah | 163 | 4.8 |
| Vermont | 47 | 7.3 |
| Virginia | 637 | 7.4 |
| Washington | 512 | 6.6 |
| West Virginia | 111 | 6.3 |
| Wisconsin | 449 | 7.6 |
| Wyoming | 26 | 4.5 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207RC0000X · Internal Medicine
- Size rank53rd of 688 specialties by records (0.36% of all)
- In its family2nd of 31 Internal Medicine codes, 8.7% of the family
- Part D prescribers20,728 (77.6% of records)
- Part D claims3,078 a year per prescriber, on average (17th of 496)
- Industry payments16,686 physicians paid $63.7M in 2024, $4K each on average
- Concentration8 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of cardiovascular disease physician records
- David Shaw, D.O.Jber Elmendorf Afb, AK1033348792
- Michael Veronneau, D.O.Jber, AK1831544956
- Danielle Veronneau, DOJber, AK1801328166
- Scott Wellmann, MDAnchorage, AK1912970716
- John Finley, M.D.Anchorage, AK1275558637
- Mario Binder, M.D.Anchorage, AK1265457022
- Leo Bustad, M.D.Anchorage, AK1144245903
- Lisa Gray, D.O.Anchorage, AK1912922329
- Linda Ireland, D.O.Anchorage, AK1588689368
- David Trowbridge, MDAnchorage, AK1356367007
- Alan Skolnick, M.D.Anchorage, AK1548287121
- Mark Selland, M.D.Anchorage, AK1669490900
- David Sonneborn, M.D.Anchorage, AK1316965692
- William Mayer, M.D.Anchorage, AK1437177714
- Adam Mason, M.D.Anchorage, AK1902824287
- Brian Scully, MDAnchorage, AK1841209368
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Cardiovascular Disease Physician headcount concentrate?
26,720 Cardiovascular Disease Physician NPIs span 54 states; New York alone holds 2,583. Top metros include New York, NY; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX. Nationally this is 53rd of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Cardiovascular Disease Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 16,686 Cardiovascular Disease Physician physicians totaling $63.7M (413,030 payments; average $4K, 110th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Cardiovascular Disease Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Cardiovascular Disease Physician NPIs, 20,728 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 3,078 claims and $642K drug cost per prescriber; 17th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.