Emergency Medicine Physician providers in the U.S.
70,944 NPPES records list emergency medicine physician as their primary taxonomy, about 21 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Rhode Island have the most per resident. 54,106 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207P00000X means
207P00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Emergency Medicine, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 70,944 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.
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 207P00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Chicago has the most, 1,310
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207P00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 678 | 13 |
| Alaska | 183 | 25 |
| Arizona | 1,494 | 20 |
| Arkansas | 447 | 15 |
| California | 7,751 | 20 |
| Colorado | 1,434 | 24 |
| Connecticut | 846 | 23 |
| Delaware | 243 | 24 |
| District of Columbia | 360 | 53 |
| Florida | 4,034 | 18 |
| Georgia | 1,685 | 15 |
| Hawaii | 370 | 26 |
| Idaho | 310 | 16 |
| Illinois | 3,291 | 26 |
| Indiana | 1,293 | 19 |
| Iowa | 509 | 16 |
| Kansas | 459 | 16 |
| Kentucky | 903 | 20 |
| Louisiana | 1,000 | 22 |
| Maine | 466 | 33 |
| Maryland | 1,190 | 19 |
| Massachusetts | 1,829 | 26 |
| Michigan | 3,083 | 31 |
| Minnesota | 1,348 | 24 |
| Mississippi | 515 | 18 |
| Missouri | 1,405 | 23 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 243 | 22 |
| Nebraska | 271 | 14 |
| Nevada | 575 | 18 |
| New Hampshire | 351 | 25 |
| New Jersey | 1,754 | 19 |
| New Mexico | 517 | 25 |
| New York | 5,025 | 26 |
| North Carolina | 2,094 | 19 |
| North Dakota | 126 | 16 |
| Ohio | 3,002 | 26 |
| Oklahoma | 748 | 19 |
| Oregon | 1,079 | 26 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,911 | 30 |
| Rhode Island | 418 | 38 |
| South Carolina | 1,244 | 23 |
| South Dakota | 122 | 13 |
| Tennessee | 1,174 | 17 |
| Texas | 4,885 | 16 |
| Utah | 501 | 15 |
| Vermont | 197 | 30 |
| Virginia | 1,715 | 20 |
| Washington | 1,459 | 19 |
| West Virginia | 492 | 28 |
| Wisconsin | 1,464 | 25 |
| Wyoming | 111 | 19 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207P00000X · Emergency Medicine
- Size rank30th of 688 specialties by records (0.97% of all)
- In its family1st of 7 Emergency Medicine codes, 93.7% of the family
- Part D prescribers54,106 (76.3% of records)
- Part D claims226 a year per prescriber, on average (261st of 496)
- Industry payments12,335 physicians paid $11.8M in 2024, $954 each on average
- Concentration9 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 emergency medicine physician records
- Jared Vedros, D.O.Anchorage, AK1811370307
- Christopher Calvert, MDAnchorage, AK1730392150
- Michael ColesarFort Richardson, AK1659834836
- Herman Ellemberger, M.D.Elmendorf Afb, AK1598754145
- Laura Abts, M.D.Elmendorf Afb, AK1811986839
- Mark Shepherd, M.D., M.P.H.Jber, AK1154300747
- Raymond Legenza, MDElmendorf Afb, AK1427020700
- Brian Rogers, MDElmendorf Afb, AK1023025715
- Matthew Wolf, MDElmendorf Afb, AK1851495162
- Phillip Goebel, MDJber, AK1891910022
- Stephanie Illanes, MDAnchorage, AK1780897587
- Jaron Coombs, D.O.Jber, AK1952568107
- Erin Mai, D.O.Jber, AK1215258306
- David Otten, MDJber, AK1538458799
- Nicholas Papacostas, MDJber, AK1275828279
- Jeffrey Hall, DOJber, AK1699037440
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Emergency Medicine Physician headcount concentrate?
70,944 Emergency Medicine Physician NPIs span 56 states; California alone holds 7,751. Top metros include Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Houston, TX. Nationally this is 30th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Emergency Medicine Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 12,335 Emergency Medicine Physician physicians totaling $11.8M (37,692 payments; average $954, 232nd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Emergency Medicine Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Emergency Medicine Physician NPIs, 54,106 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 226 claims and $9K drug cost per prescriber; 261st 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.