NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician in Louisiana

59 NPPES records list interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 1.3 per 100,000 residents, the 2nd highest rate of 51. Baton Rouge and Metairie have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208VP0014X · method

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

Baton Rouge has the most, 13

  1. Baton Rouge13
  2. Metairie7
  3. Shreveport7
  4. Covington6
  5. New Orleans3

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Russell Stuermann, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051306027438
  2. Jonathan Thompson, M.D.Hammond, LA 704031306036942
  3. Joseph Turnipseed, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081922079201
  4. John Uhl, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708101891987160
  5. James Wages, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051447561857
  6. Allison Walker, PA - CBaton Rouge, LA 708081427028042
  7. Patrick Waring, MDMetairie, LA 700051346244019
  8. William Whyte, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711061821060476
  9. Steve Wyble, M.D.Opelousas, LA 705701851394118

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0014X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 2 of 51 per resident

  1. Florida1.3
  2. Louisiana1.3
  3. Georgia1.3
  4. Kentucky1.2
  5. 50 states and D.C.0.8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0014X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

91.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 88.2% 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. Louisiana91.5%
  2. United States88.2%

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file54 of 59 · 91.5% here, 88.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file49 · 83.1% here, 76.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more34 · 57.6% here, 43.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 49 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208VP0014X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

59 NPPES records list interventional pain medicine physician (208VP0014X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 1.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Baton Rouge has 13 of them (22%).

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. Virginia57
  2. Kentucky56
  3. Maryland64
  4. Pennsylvania65

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Florida1.3
  2. Georgia1.3
  3. Indiana1.1
  4. Nevada1.1

The largest states

  1. Texas301
  2. Florida292
  3. California219
  4. New York144
  5. Georgia142

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.