Hospitalist Physician providers in the U.S.
27,862 NPPES records list hospitalist physician as their primary taxonomy, about 8.3 per 100,000 residents; Maine and North Dakota have the most per resident. 21,613 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 208M00000X means
208M00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Hospitalist, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 27,862 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their activities include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to Hospital Medicine. The term 'hospitalist' refers to physicians whose practice emphasizes providing care for hospitalized patients.
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 208M00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 597
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208M00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 348 | 6.8 |
| Alaska | 73 | 10.0 |
| Arizona | 775 | 10.4 |
| Arkansas | 154 | 5.0 |
| California | 3,099 | 8.0 |
| Colorado | 806 | 13.7 |
| Connecticut | 400 | 11.1 |
| Delaware | 43 | 4.2 |
| District of Columbia | 116 | 17.1 |
| Florida | 1,817 | 8.0 |
| Georgia | 967 | 8.8 |
| Hawaii | 159 | 11.1 |
| Idaho | 105 | 5.3 |
| Illinois | 1,535 | 12.2 |
| Indiana | 453 | 6.6 |
| Iowa | 302 | 9.4 |
| Kansas | 182 | 6.2 |
| Kentucky | 302 | 6.7 |
| Louisiana | 340 | 7.4 |
| Maine | 245 | 17.6 |
| Maryland | 397 | 6.4 |
| Massachusetts | 525 | 7.5 |
| Michigan | 272 | 2.7 |
| Minnesota | 401 | 7.0 |
| Mississippi | 116 | 3.9 |
| Missouri | 930 | 15.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 101 | 8.9 |
| Nebraska | 124 | 6.3 |
| Nevada | 239 | 7.5 |
| New Hampshire | 132 | 9.4 |
| New Jersey | 644 | 6.9 |
| New Mexico | 72 | 3.4 |
| New York | 2,067 | 10.6 |
| North Carolina | 989 | 9.1 |
| North Dakota | 138 | 17.6 |
| Ohio | 982 | 8.3 |
| Oklahoma | 262 | 6.5 |
| Oregon | 471 | 11.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,424 | 11.0 |
| Rhode Island | 29 | 2.6 |
| South Carolina | 470 | 8.7 |
| South Dakota | 99 | 10.8 |
| Tennessee | 426 | 6.0 |
| Texas | 1,587 | 5.2 |
| Utah | 285 | 8.3 |
| Vermont | 31 | 4.8 |
| Virginia | 542 | 6.3 |
| Washington | 793 | 10.1 |
| West Virginia | 118 | 6.7 |
| Wisconsin | 894 | 15.1 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 1.7 |
In federal data
- NUCC code208M00000X · Hospitalist
- Size rank51st of 688 specialties by records (0.38% of all)
- Part D prescribers21,613 (77.6% of records)
- Part D claims521 a year per prescriber, on average (169th of 496)
- Industry payments7,324 physicians paid $3.6M in 2024, $495 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 hospitalist physician records
- Thomas Lutz, D.O.Anchorage, AK1154312221
- Emily Barkay, MDAnchorage, AK1477536316
- Dwight Gurley, MDAnchorage, AK1508836834
- Michael Mraz, MDAnchorage, AK1629011218
- Shari Morgan, MDAnchorage, AK1649215419
- Anna Reese, M.D.Anchorage, AK1295761500
- Chris Zerger, MDAnchorage, AK1477579571
- Larry Owen, MDAnchorage, AK1396859666
- Anthony Larson, MDAnchorage, AK1053418004
- Robert Church, M.D.Anchorage, AK1336246396
- Keith Augustin, D.O.Anchorage, AK1679671796
- Timothy Bateman, M.D.Anchorage, AK1285732305
- Joseph Lestina, MDAnchorage, AK1144328279
- Michael Mullowney, MDAnchorage, AK1578662391
- Ronald Healy, MDAnchorage, AK1144329145
- Dorothy Shearn, M.D.Anchorage, AK1275633091
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Hospitalist Physician headcount concentrate?
27,862 Hospitalist Physician NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 3,099. Top metros include New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Saint Louis, MO; Seattle, WA. Nationally this is 51st of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Hospitalist Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 7,324 Hospitalist Physician physicians totaling $3.6M (42,390 payments; average $495, 289th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Hospitalist Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Hospitalist Physician NPIs, 21,613 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 521 claims and $48K drug cost per prescriber; 169th 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.