Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician

NUCC 207LC0200X · Anesthesiology

1,454 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 46 states · 231st of 690 specialties by headcount.

1,454
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
46
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
159 providers
$2K
Open Pay avg
185th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician ranks 231st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.02% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

1,454
NPPES providers in specialty
231st
of 690 specialties
457
state-share HHI
10.2%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (6.5× the national rate; Maryland 3.2×); 2.2% of the Anesthesiology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (NUCC 207LC0200X; 10.2% Part D prescribers (149 of 1,454); avg 358 Part D claims/prescriber (342nd of 572); Open Payments avg $2K/physician (185th of 551; 405 paid, $914K total); state-share HHI 457; next-larger headcount neighbor Surgical Oncology Physician (+6); next-smaller Prosthetist (-3)).

Next larger: Surgical Oncology Physician (1,460) Next smaller: Prosthetist (1,451)

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

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California159
2Massachusetts93
3New York93
4Maryland86
5Texas85
6Florida78
7Ohio76
8Missouri65
9Pennsylvania61
10Georgia43
11Indiana43
12Michigan43
13Tennessee42
14Virginia42
15Illinois41

Top Cities for Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician

#CityProviders
1BaltimoreMaryland67
2Saint LouisMissouri61
3BostonMassachusetts58
4IndianapolisIndiana39
5New YorkNew York38
6HoustonTexas37
7ClevelandOhio36
8SeattleWashington32
9StanfordCalifornia30
10AtlantaGeorgia28
11NashvilleTennessee28
12PhiladelphiaPennsylvania27

Sample Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Kevin Gerold, DOBaltimore, MD
2Wilson Beamer, M.D.Greenville, SC
3Grace Forde, M.D.Great Neck, NY
4Ramesh Kodavatiganti, M.D.Philadelphia, PA
5Onsy Ayad, MDColumbus, OH
6Joy Hsu, MDHouston, TX
7Ashraf Banoub, MDColumbus, OH
8Leonard Kulicki, M.D.East Hartford, CT
9Edward Bentz, MDIndianapolis, IN
10Steven Dryden, MDIndianapolis, IN
11Diane Gibbs, MDIndianapolis, IN
12Thomas Green, MDIndianapolis, IN
13Bruce Heslin, MDIndianapolis, IN
14Nibras Bughrara, M.D.Albany, NY
15Bradley Vargo, DOKirtland, OH
16Thomas Papadimos, M.D.Columbus, OH
17Donald Stogsdill, MDIndianapolis, IN
18Ronald Shelton, MDIndianapolis, IN

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Anesthesiology category.

Compare Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician vs Anesthesiology Physician →

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician's mid-pack national roster?
1,454 CMS-registered Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers sit across 46 states; California leads with 159. Leading metros: Baltimore, MD; Saint Louis, MO; Boston, MA; Indianapolis, IN. Rank 231st of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 405 Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician physicians receiving $914K across 2,525 payments (average $2K; 185th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician NPIs, 149 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 358 claims and $69K drug cost per prescriber; 342nd of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
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.