Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
3,039 NPPES records list medical-surgical registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 0.9 per 100,000 residents; South Dakota and New Mexico have the most per resident. 25 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WM0705X means
163WM0705X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 3,039 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
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 163WM0705X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
San Antonio has the most, 93
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WM0705X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 25 | 0.5 |
| Alaska | 13 | 1.8 |
| Arizona | 101 | 1.4 |
| Arkansas | 17 | 0.6 |
| California | 257 | 0.7 |
| Colorado | 68 | 1.2 |
| Connecticut | 19 | 0.5 |
| Delaware | 34 | 3.3 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | 1.2 |
| Florida | 134 | 0.6 |
| Georgia | 77 | 0.7 |
| Hawaii | 10 | 0.7 |
| Idaho | 14 | 0.7 |
| Illinois | 69 | 0.5 |
| Indiana | 46 | 0.7 |
| Iowa | 50 | 1.6 |
| Kansas | 64 | 2.2 |
| Kentucky | 24 | 0.5 |
| Louisiana | 28 | 0.6 |
| Maine | 11 | 0.8 |
| Maryland | 33 | 0.5 |
| Massachusetts | 110 | 1.6 |
| Michigan | 78 | 0.8 |
| Minnesota | 69 | 1.2 |
| Mississippi | 21 | 0.7 |
| Missouri | 89 | 1.4 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 14 | 1.2 |
| Nebraska | 20 | 1.0 |
| Nevada | 31 | 1.0 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 0.6 |
| New Jersey | 41 | 0.4 |
| New Mexico | 94 | 4.4 |
| New York | 293 | 1.5 |
| North Carolina | 74 | 0.7 |
| North Dakota | 27 | 3.4 |
| Ohio | 167 | 1.4 |
| Oklahoma | 45 | 1.1 |
| Oregon | 60 | 1.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 97 | 0.7 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 0.5 |
| South Carolina | 29 | 0.5 |
| South Dakota | 45 | 4.9 |
| Tennessee | 40 | 0.6 |
| Texas | 240 | 0.8 |
| Utah | 15 | 0.4 |
| Vermont | 8 | 1.2 |
| Virginia | 37 | 0.4 |
| Washington | 71 | 0.9 |
| West Virginia | 14 | 0.8 |
| Wisconsin | 64 | 1.1 |
| Wyoming | 20 | 3.4 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WM0705X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank164th of 688 specialties by records (0.04% of all)
- In its family13th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 1.2% of the family
- Part D prescribers25 (0.8% of records)
- Part D claims609 a year per prescriber, on average (149th of 496)
- Industry payments41 physicians paid $10K in 2024, $255 each on average
- Concentration10 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 medical-surgical registered nurse records
- Luke Anderson, RNAnchorage, AK1285204792
- Charles Spruance, RN BSNAnchorage, AK1952176216
- Cassandra Winczura, RN,LAT,ATCAnchorage, AK1538523113
- Abigail Bradley, REGISTERED NURSETalkeetna, AK1366473134
- Margaret McHugh, RNFt Wainwright, AK1982684429
- Vanessa Vondra, RNNorth Pole, AK1306136924
- Tim Langdon, RNTok, AK1316126980
- Nadia Jones, REGISTERED NURSEJuneau, AK1053527366
- Kim Starble, RNSitka, AK1649431487
- Valerie Nelson, RNSitka, AK1093944969
- Jennifer Patrick, R.N.Sitka, AK1225269426
- Joenathan ServitoSitka, AK1093056848
- Olivia Kinunen, RNKetchikan, AK1689536641
- Jenifer RascoFultondale, AL1427917616
- Cathy BarberLeeds, AL1497430417
- Kisha Nettles-Tippins, RNMc Calla, AL1881511616
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse headcount concentrate?
3,039 Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse NPIs span 54 states; New York alone holds 293. Top metros include San Antonio, TX; Gallup, NM; Kansas City, MO; Minneapolis, MN. Nationally this is 164th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 41 Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse physicians totaling $10K (245 payments; average $255, 342nd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse NPIs, 25 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 609 claims and $40K drug cost per prescriber; 149th 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.