Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician providers in the U.S.
2,392 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.7 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Minnesota have the most per resident. 1,836 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 208C00000X means
208C00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Colon & Rectal Surgery, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 2,392 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A colon and rectal surgeon is trained to diagnose and treat various diseases of the intestinal tract, colon, rectum, anal canal and perianal area by medical and surgical means. This specialist also deals with other organs and tissues (such as the liver, urinary and female reproductive system) involved with primary intestinal disease.
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 208C00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 64
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208C00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 22 | 0.4 |
| Alaska | 3 | 0.4 |
| Arizona | 60 | 0.8 |
| Arkansas | 18 | 0.6 |
| California | 198 | 0.5 |
| Colorado | 28 | 0.5 |
| Connecticut | 54 | 1.5 |
| Delaware | 8 | 0.8 |
| District of Columbia | 12 | 1.8 |
| Florida | 178 | 0.8 |
| Georgia | 78 | 0.7 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 0.2 |
| Idaho | 7 | 0.4 |
| Illinois | 97 | 0.8 |
| Indiana | 58 | 0.8 |
| Iowa | 19 | 0.6 |
| Kansas | 11 | 0.4 |
| Kentucky | 31 | 0.7 |
| Louisiana | 44 | 1.0 |
| Maine | 9 | 0.6 |
| Maryland | 32 | 0.5 |
| Massachusetts | 55 | 0.8 |
| Michigan | 87 | 0.9 |
| Minnesota | 92 | 1.6 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 0.2 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 35 | 0.6 |
| Montana | 3 | 0.3 |
| Nebraska | 13 | 0.7 |
| Nevada | 17 | 0.5 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | 0.5 |
| New Jersey | 95 | 1.0 |
| New Mexico | 9 | 0.4 |
| New York | 199 | 1.0 |
| North Carolina | 32 | 0.3 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 0.4 |
| Ohio | 123 | 1.0 |
| Oklahoma | 19 | 0.5 |
| Oregon | 31 | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 122 | 0.9 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | 0.7 |
| South Carolina | 38 | 0.7 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 0.2 |
| Tennessee | 39 | 0.5 |
| Texas | 209 | 0.7 |
| Utah | 18 | 0.5 |
| Vermont | 7 | 1.1 |
| Virginia | 54 | 0.6 |
| Washington | 46 | 0.6 |
| West Virginia | 9 | 0.5 |
| Wisconsin | 31 | 0.5 |
In federal data
- NUCC code208C00000X · Colon & Rectal Surgery
- Size rank187th of 688 specialties by records (0.03% of all)
- Part D prescribers1,836 (76.8% of records)
- Part D claims192 a year per prescriber, on average (281st of 496)
- Industry payments1,524 physicians paid $5.3M in 2024, $3K 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 colon & rectal surgery physician records
- Kerrie Bossard, M.D.Anchorage, AK1548267032
- Mark Kimmins, MDAnchorage, AK1326006925
- June George, MDAnchorage, AK1891735346
- Gayla Royer, MDBirmingham, AL1003819632
- Jon Rosser, MDBirmingham, AL1528052818
- Mark Parker, MDBirmingham, AL1033103189
- Gregory KennedyBirmingham, AL1689622185
- Heath Beckham, MDBirmingham, AL1366570640
- Karin HardimanBirmingham, AL1992903751
- Katherine Dean, MDBirmingham, AL1518317106
- Steven Scarcliff, M.D.Birmingham, AL1710168745
- Rachel Sabo, M.D.Birmingham, AL1255690616
- William Nuessle, M.D.Huntsville, AL1366493587
- Javad Golzarian, M.D.Huntsville, AL1922058411
- Robert Campbell, M.D.Huntsville, AL1700838067
- Stephen Clark, M.D.Huntsville, AL1225080781
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician headcount concentrate?
2,392 Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician NPIs span 51 states; Texas alone holds 209. Top metros include New York, NY; Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX. Nationally this is 187th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1,524 Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician physicians totaling $5.3M (15,598 payments; average $3K, 124th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician NPIs, 1,836 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 192 claims and $36K drug cost per prescriber; 281st 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.