Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
NUCC 213ES0103X · Podiatrist
9,134 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 99th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist ranks 99th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.12% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident New Jersey leads.
- 9,134
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 99th
- of 690 specialties
- 521
- state-share HHI
- 76.7%
- Part D prescriber share
New Jersey is densest per capita (2× the national rate; Pennsylvania 1.6×); 40.5% of the Podiatrist category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist (NUCC 213ES0103X; 76.7% Part D prescribers (7,004 of 9,134); avg 333 Part D claims/prescriber (355th of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (159th of 551; 6,204 paid, $18.4M total); state-share HHI 521; next-larger headcount neighbor Home Health Registered Nurse (+356); next-smaller Pediatric Dentistry (-29)).
Next larger: Home Health Registered Nurse (9,490) Next smaller: Pediatric Dentistry (9,105)
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
- New Jersey 2× · 5.4/100k
- Pennsylvania 1.6× · 4.5/100k
- Illinois 1.6× · 4.3/100k
- Rhode Island 1.6× · 4.2/100k
- Michigan 1.4× · 3.8/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Mississippi 0.11× · 0.3/100k
- Puerto Rico 0.13× · 0.3/100k
- Alabama 0.29× · 0.8/100k
- Arkansas 0.37× · 1/100k
- Kansas 0.39× · 1.1/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 1,125 |
| 2 | Florida | 809 |
| 3 | New York | 613 |
| 4 | Texas | 602 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 579 |
| 6 | Illinois | 545 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 503 |
| 8 | Ohio | 407 |
| 9 | Michigan | 383 |
| 10 | Virginia | 240 |
| 11 | Arizona | 238 |
| 12 | Georgia | 219 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 195 |
| 14 | Indiana | 189 |
| 15 | Washington | 186 |
Top Cities for Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChicagoIllinois | 148 |
| 2 | New YorkNew York | 121 |
| 3 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 100 |
| 4 | MiamiFlorida | 89 |
| 5 | BrooklynNew York | 83 |
| 6 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 71 |
| 7 | HoustonTexas | 67 |
| 8 | San AntonioTexas | 61 |
| 9 | PhoenixArizona | 51 |
| 10 | LouisvilleKentucky | 45 |
| 11 | PittsburghPennsylvania | 43 |
| 12 | San DiegoCalifornia | 42 |
Sample Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Vincent, D.P.M.Winchester, VA |
| 2 | Dominick Detommaso, D.P.M.Fort Wayne, IN |
| 3 | Kevin Nettesheim, DPMSaint Louis, MO |
| 4 | Eugene Little, D.P.M.St Marys, OH |
| 5 | Carl Wagreich, D.P.M.Torrance, CA |
| 6 | Paul Han, DPMSanta Ana, CA |
| 7 | Franklin Polun, DPMPotomac, MD |
| 8 | Sharon Root, D.P.M.Succasunna, NJ |
| 9 | Richard Baker, D.P.M.Hyannis, MA |
| 10 | Marc Katz, DPMTampa, FL |
| 11 | Michael Laliberte, DPMOcoee, FL |
| 12 | George Muchen, DPMHillside, NJ |
| 13 | Thomas Vail, DPMFindlay, OH |
| 14 | Fiona Connolly, DPMMillbrook, NY |
| 15 | Eric Caporusso, DPMAltoona, WI |
| 16 | Payam Sarraf, D.P.M.Gilbert, AZ |
| 17 | Bret Ribotsky, DPMBoca Raton, FL |
| 18 | Keith Naftulin, DPMLittleton, CO |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Podiatrist category.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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
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.