Hepatology Physician

NUCC 207RI0008X · Internal Medicine

286 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 38 states · 407th of 690 specialties by headcount.

286
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
38
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
40 providers
$18K
Open Pay avg
17th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Hepatology Physician ranks 407th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Massachusetts leads.

286
NPPES providers in specialty
407th
of 690 specialties
602
state-share HHI
76.6%
Part D prescriber share

Massachusetts is densest per capita (2.9× the national rate; Iowa 2.2×); 0.1% of the Internal Medicine category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Hepatology Physician (NUCC 207RI0008X; 76.6% Part D prescribers (219 of 286); avg 829 Part D claims/prescriber (195th of 572); Open Payments avg $18K/physician (17th of 551; 184 paid, $3.2M total); state-share HHI 602; next-larger headcount neighbor Orthopedic Registered Nurse (+3); next-smaller Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Physician (-1)).

Next larger: Orthopedic Registered Nurse (289) Next smaller: Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Physician (285)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California40
2New York30
3Texas26
4Florida20
5Illinois17
6Massachusetts17
7Pennsylvania11
8Maryland10

Sample Hepatology Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Howard Monsour, M.D.Columbia, SC
2Philip Delich, MDSpokane, WA
3Lee Peng, MD, PHDRochester, NY
4Manjushree Gautam, M.D.Fort Worth, TX
5Averell Sherker, MD, FRCP(C)Washington, DC
6Sudhanshu Gogia, MDWashington, MO
7Thomas Byrne, M.D.Scottsdale, AZ
8Donald Hillebrand, MDKansas City, MO
9Joseph Galati, M.D.Houston, TX
10Gary Gettenberg, M.D.Brooklyn, NY
11Aruna Jayaraman, M.D., M.H.S.Santa Rosa, CA
12Michael Curry, MDBoston, MA

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Hepatology Physician's mid-pack national roster?
286 CMS-registered Hepatology Physician providers sit across 38 states; California leads with 40. Rank 407th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Hepatology Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 184 Hepatology Physician physicians receiving $3.2M across 5,983 payments (average $18K; 17th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Hepatology Physician NPIs, 219 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 829 claims and $484K drug cost per prescriber; 195th 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.