NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Hospitalist Physician in Montana

101 NPPES records list hospitalist physician with a practice address in Montana, 8.9 per 100,000 residents, the 20th highest rate of 51. Great Falls and Billings have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Montana license search. Page 3 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208M00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Great Falls has the most, 38

  1. Great Falls38
  2. Billings27
  3. Bozeman12
  4. Helena8
  5. Kalispell3

Hospitalist Physician records in Montana

  1. Nicholas ZakovichMissoula, MT 598021215490081

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208M00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Montana ranks 20 of 51 per resident

  1. Iowa9.4
  2. New Hampshire9.4
  3. North Carolina9.1
  4. Montana8.9
  5. Georgia8.8
  6. South Carolina8.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.8.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208M00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

91.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 90.5% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Montana91.1%
  2. United States90.5%

Hospitalist Physician records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file92 of 101 · 91.1% here, 90.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file79 · 78.2% here, 83.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more17 · 16.8% here, 39.1% nationally
  • Median graduation year2012 · the 79 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208M00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

101 NPPES records list hospitalist physician (208M00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 8.9 per 100,000 residents against 8.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Great Falls has 38 of them (38%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. South Dakota99
  2. Idaho105
  3. District of Columbia116
  4. Mississippi116

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Georgia8.8
  2. South Carolina8.7
  3. North Carolina9.1
  4. New Hampshire9.4

The largest states

  1. California3,099
  2. New York2,067
  3. Florida1,817
  4. Texas1,587
  5. Illinois1,535

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.