General Practice Physician providers in the U.S.
16,728 NPPES records list general practice physician as their primary taxonomy, about 3.7 per 100,000 residents; Hawaii and Florida have the most per resident. 8,395 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 208D00000X means
208D00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for General Practice, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 16,728 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A physician who specializes in the general practice of diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with a variety of illnesses and conditions.
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 208D00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
San Juan has the most, 622
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208D00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 131 | 2.6 |
| Alaska | 45 | 6.1 |
| Arizona | 228 | 3.1 |
| Arkansas | 85 | 2.8 |
| California | 1,956 | 5.0 |
| Colorado | 302 | 5.1 |
| Connecticut | 75 | 2.1 |
| Delaware | 49 | 4.7 |
| District of Columbia | 56 | 8.2 |
| Florida | 2,282 | 10.1 |
| Georgia | 316 | 2.9 |
| Hawaii | 171 | 11.9 |
| Idaho | 30 | 1.5 |
| Illinois | 291 | 2.3 |
| Indiana | 151 | 2.2 |
| Iowa | 38 | 1.2 |
| Kansas | 60 | 2.0 |
| Kentucky | 121 | 2.7 |
| Louisiana | 145 | 3.2 |
| Maine | 21 | 1.5 |
| Maryland | 385 | 6.2 |
| Massachusetts | 135 | 1.9 |
| Michigan | 369 | 3.7 |
| Minnesota | 79 | 1.4 |
| Mississippi | 72 | 2.4 |
| Missouri | 191 | 3.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 36 | 3.2 |
| Nebraska | 52 | 2.6 |
| Nevada | 70 | 2.2 |
| New Hampshire | 19 | 1.4 |
| New Jersey | 216 | 2.3 |
| New Mexico | 103 | 4.9 |
| New York | 681 | 3.5 |
| North Carolina | 236 | 2.2 |
| North Dakota | 12 | 1.5 |
| Ohio | 280 | 2.4 |
| Oklahoma | 131 | 3.2 |
| Oregon | 95 | 2.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 345 | 2.7 |
| Rhode Island | 18 | 1.6 |
| South Carolina | 146 | 2.7 |
| South Dakota | 21 | 2.3 |
| Tennessee | 169 | 2.4 |
| Texas | 1,062 | 3.5 |
| Utah | 60 | 1.8 |
| Vermont | 20 | 3.1 |
| Virginia | 400 | 4.6 |
| Washington | 388 | 5.0 |
| West Virginia | 74 | 4.2 |
| Wisconsin | 105 | 1.8 |
| Wyoming | 15 | 2.6 |
In federal data
- NUCC code208D00000X · General Practice
- Size rank65th of 688 specialties by records (0.23% of all)
- Part D prescribers8,395 (50.2% of records)
- Part D claims3,030 a year per prescriber, on average (19th of 496)
- Industry payments4,259 physicians paid $5.4M in 2024, $1K each on average
- Concentration3 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 general practice physician records
- Thomas Lang, MDAnchorage, AK1134229495
- Alison Bell, MDAnchorage, AK1790011419
- Amy Kauffman, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1942337951
- Reynalda Deguzman, M.D.Anchorage, AK1922218064
- Maryellen Gordian, MDFt Richardson, AK1194704619
- Logan Loomis, DOJber, AK1932802196
- Ernest Meinhardt, MDAnchorage, AK1699768598
- Ronald Christensen, MDAnchorage, AK1356334296
- Louann Feldmann, MDAnchorage, AK1720051873
- Jean Eaton, M.D.Anchorage, AK1306990312
- Brian Piltz, MDAnchorage, AK1508066820
- John Hanley, MDAnchorage, AK1952398166
- Stacey Nieder, MDAnchorage, AK1013989797
- Johnna Kohl, M.DAnchorage, AK1659345171
- Lisbeth Berge, MDAnchorage, AK1992773691
- Douglas Smith, MDAnchorage, AK1285602508
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large General Practice Physician headcount concentrate?
16,728 General Practice Physician NPIs span 56 states; Puerto Rico alone holds 4,170. Top metros include San Juan, PR; Miami, FL; Bayamon, PR; San Diego, CA. Nationally this is 65th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is General Practice Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 4,259 General Practice Physician physicians totaling $5.4M (40,019 payments; average $1K, 203rd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is General Practice Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among General Practice Physician NPIs, 8,395 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 3,030 claims and $225K drug cost per prescriber; 19th 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.