Facial Plastic Surgery Physician

NUCC 207YS0123X · Otolaryngology

630 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 47 states · 319th of 690 specialties by headcount.

630
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
47
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
115 providers
$4K
Open Pay avg
114th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Facial Plastic Surgery Physician ranks 319th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident New Jersey leads.

630
NPPES providers in specialty
319th
of 690 specialties
663
state-share HHI
77.3%
Part D prescriber share

New Jersey is densest per capita (1.9× the national rate; Michigan 1.7×); 4.4% of the Otolaryngology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Facial Plastic Surgery Physician (NUCC 207YS0123X; 77.3% Part D prescribers (487 of 630); avg 441 Part D claims/prescriber (307th of 572); Open Payments avg $4K/physician (114th of 551; 418 paid, $1.7M total); state-share HHI 663; next-larger headcount neighbor Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck (Otolaryngology) Physician (+2); next-smaller Kinesiotherapist (-1)).

Next larger: Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck (Otolaryngology) Physician (632) Next smaller: Kinesiotherapist (629)

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
1California115
2Florida56
3New York51
4Texas38
5New Jersey33
6Michigan31
7Ohio28
8Washington22
9Arizona17
10Georgia17
11Illinois16
12Virginia16
13Pennsylvania13
14Colorado12
15Louisiana12

Top Cities for Facial Plastic Surgery Physician

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York27
2Beverly HillsCalifornia25
3Los AngelesCalifornia12
4SeattleWashington9
5ScottsdaleArizona8
6ClevelandOhio8
7HoustonTexas8
8EvansGeorgia7
9BostonMassachusetts7
10San FranciscoCalifornia6
11MiamiFlorida5
12NaplesFlorida5

Sample Facial Plastic Surgery Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Philip Bernstein, M.D.Sacramento, CA
2Dale Salatich, MDOrlando, FL
3James Aachen-Winans, MDSparta, TN
4Howard Nam, M.D.Yuba City, CA
5Adam Shapiro, M.D.St Thomas, VI
6Robert Craig, MDSaint Louis, MO
7Daniel Verret, MDPlano, TX
8Paul Ludlow, MDReno, NV
9Rick Nissen, M.D.Minneapolis, MN
10Vincent Nalbone, M.D.Las Vegas, NV
11Kevin Cavanaugh, MDLongmont, CO
12Miles Fine, D.O.Las Vegas, NV
13Raj Terkonda, MDDenver, CO
14Gavin Setzen, MDAlbany, NY
15John Holcomb, M.D.Sarasota, FL
16Kun Kim, M.D.Doraville, GA
17Jeffrey Carithers, MDDes Moines, IA
18Lawrence Kaufman, MDAlbany, NY

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Facial Plastic Surgery Physician's mid-pack national roster?
630 CMS-registered Facial Plastic Surgery Physician providers sit across 47 states; California leads with 115. Leading metros: New York, NY; Beverly Hills, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA. Rank 319th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Facial Plastic Surgery Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 418 Facial Plastic Surgery Physician physicians receiving $1.7M across 5,044 payments (average $4K; 114th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Facial Plastic Surgery Physician NPIs, 487 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 441 claims and $18K drug cost per prescriber; 307th 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.