Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
NUCC 207LC0200X · Anesthesiology
1,454 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 46 states · 231st of 690 specialties by headcount.
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
- District of Columbia 6.5× · 2.8/100k
- Maryland 3.2× · 1.4/100k
- Massachusetts 3.1× · 1.3/100k
- Missouri 2.4× · 1/100k
- New Hampshire 1.7× · 0.7/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Louisiana 0.25× · 0.1/100k
- Arizona 0.47× · 0.2/100k
- Utah 0.48× · 0.2/100k
- New Jersey 0.50× · 0.2/100k
- Alabama 0.59× · 0.3/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 159 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 93 |
| 3 | New York | 93 |
| 4 | Maryland | 86 |
| 5 | Texas | 85 |
| 6 | Florida | 78 |
| 7 | Ohio | 76 |
| 8 | Missouri | 65 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 61 |
| 10 | Georgia | 43 |
| 11 | Indiana | 43 |
| 12 | Michigan | 43 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 42 |
| 14 | Virginia | 42 |
| 15 | Illinois | 41 |
Top Cities for Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BaltimoreMaryland | 67 |
| 2 | Saint LouisMissouri | 61 |
| 3 | BostonMassachusetts | 58 |
| 4 | IndianapolisIndiana | 39 |
| 5 | New YorkNew York | 38 |
| 6 | HoustonTexas | 37 |
| 7 | ClevelandOhio | 36 |
| 8 | SeattleWashington | 32 |
| 9 | StanfordCalifornia | 30 |
| 10 | AtlantaGeorgia | 28 |
| 11 | NashvilleTennessee | 28 |
| 12 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 27 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Gerold, DOBaltimore, MD |
| 2 | Wilson Beamer, M.D.Greenville, SC |
| 3 | Grace Forde, M.D.Great Neck, NY |
| 4 | Ramesh Kodavatiganti, M.D.Philadelphia, PA |
| 5 | Onsy Ayad, MDColumbus, OH |
| 6 | Joy Hsu, MDHouston, TX |
| 7 | Ashraf Banoub, MDColumbus, OH |
| 8 | Leonard Kulicki, M.D.East Hartford, CT |
| 9 | Edward Bentz, MDIndianapolis, IN |
| 10 | Steven Dryden, MDIndianapolis, IN |
| 11 | Diane Gibbs, MDIndianapolis, IN |
| 12 | Thomas Green, MDIndianapolis, IN |
| 13 | Bruce Heslin, MDIndianapolis, IN |
| 14 | Nibras Bughrara, M.D.Albany, NY |
| 15 | Bradley Vargo, DOKirtland, OH |
| 16 | Thomas Papadimos, M.D.Columbus, OH |
| 17 | Donald Stogsdill, MDIndianapolis, IN |
| 18 | Ronald Shelton, MDIndianapolis, IN |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Anesthesiology category.
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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
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