Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician
NUCC 208C00000X · Colon & Rectal Surgery
1,642 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 50 states · 215th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician ranks 215th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.02% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.
- 1,642
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 215th
- of 690 specialties
- 463
- state-share HHI
- 71.8%
- Part D prescriber share
District of Columbia is densest per capita (2.7× the national rate; Minnesota 2.3×); 100% of the Colon & Rectal Surgery category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician (NUCC 208C00000X; 71.8% Part D prescribers (1,179 of 1,642); avg 210 Part D claims/prescriber (425th of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (144th of 551; 1,002 paid, $3.3M total); state-share HHI 463; next-larger headcount neighbor Pediatric Gastroenterology Physician (+2); next-smaller Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (-5)).
Next larger: Pediatric Gastroenterology Physician (1,644) Next smaller: Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (1,637)
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
- District of Columbia 2.7× · 1.3/100k
- Minnesota 2.3× · 1.1/100k
- Connecticut 2× · 1/100k
- Ohio 1.8× · 0.9/100k
- Vermont 1.6× · 0.8/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- North Carolina 0.36× · 0.2/100k
- Puerto Rico 0.39× · 0.2/100k
- Kansas 0.49× · 0.2/100k
- Wisconsin 0.59× · 0.3/100k
- Colorado 0.60× · 0.3/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 142 |
| 2 | New York | 139 |
| 3 | Texas | 132 |
| 4 | Florida | 123 |
| 5 | Ohio | 101 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 93 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 70 |
| 8 | Illinois | 67 |
| 9 | Minnesota | 64 |
| 10 | Georgia | 56 |
| 11 | Michigan | 54 |
| 12 | Indiana | 42 |
| 13 | Virginia | 38 |
| 14 | Arizona | 36 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 35 |
Top Cities for Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkNew York | 49 |
| 2 | ClevelandOhio | 42 |
| 3 | ChicagoIllinois | 29 |
| 4 | RochesterMinnesota | 28 |
| 5 | HoustonTexas | 23 |
| 6 | OrlandoFlorida | 19 |
| 7 | DallasTexas | 18 |
| 8 | AtlantaGeorgia | 17 |
| 9 | ColumbusOhio | 17 |
| 10 | WestonFlorida | 16 |
| 11 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 15 |
| 12 | SeattleWashington | 15 |
Sample Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Abdullatif Nimr, M.D.Toledo, OH |
| 2 | Eilynn Sipe, M.D.Sylvania, OH |
| 3 | Yanek Chiu, M.D.San Francisco, CA |
| 4 | Laurence Yee, M.D.San Francisco, CA |
| 5 | Robert Noone, MDWynnewood, PA |
| 6 | Michael Abel, M.D.San Francisco, CA |
| 7 | Jeffrey Sternberg, M.D.San Francisco, CA |
| 8 | Augusto Martinez, M.D.Dayton, OH |
| 9 | Debra Vachon, M.D.Baltimore, MD |
| 10 | Gayla Royer, MDBirmingham, AL |
| 11 | Howard Berg, M.D.Owings Mills, MD |
| 12 | Deepak Kumar, M.D.Dayton, OH |
| 13 | Vincent Cifello, M.D.Glen Burnie, MD |
| 14 | James Zalucki, M.D.Ellicott City, MD |
| 15 | Ralph Silverman, MDSt Louis, MO |
| 16 | Paul Williamson, MDOrlando, FL |
| 17 | Joseph Gallagher, MDOrlando, FL |
| 18 | Samuel Dejesus, MDOrlando, FL |
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 2026-08-27.