NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician in Virginia

54 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician with a practice address in Virginia, 0.6 per 100,000 residents, the 25th highest rate of 50. Richmond and Fairfax have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Virginia license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208C00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Richmond has the most, 14

  1. Richmond14
  2. Fairfax11
  3. Chesapeake4
  4. Portsmouth4
  5. Virginia Beach4

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Virginia

  1. Mercy Wagner, M.D.Portsmouth, VA 237081073809281
  2. Michael WatsonManassas, VA 201101487185435
  3. Othon Wiltz, M.D.Fairfax, VA 220331174525869
  4. Jeffrey Wolf, M.D.Portsmouth, VA 237031083731525

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208C00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Virginia ranks 25 of 50 per resident

  1. Kentucky0.7
  2. Nebraska0.7
  3. Maine0.6
  4. Virginia0.6
  5. Iowa0.6
  6. Washington0.6
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208C00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 84.7% 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. Virginia77.8%
  2. United States84.7%

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file42 of 54 · 77.8% here, 84.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file37 · 68.5% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more29 · 53.7% here, 50.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 37 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208C00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

54 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician (208C00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Virginia: 0.6 per 100,000 residents against 0.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Richmond has 14 of them (26%).

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. Connecticut54
  2. Massachusetts55
  3. Indiana58
  4. Arizona60

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nebraska0.7
  2. Iowa0.6
  3. Washington0.6
  4. Arkansas0.6

The largest states

  1. Texas209
  2. New York199
  3. California198
  4. Florida178
  5. Ohio123

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.