NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse in Montana

14 NPPES records list medical-surgical registered nurse with a practice address in Montana, 1.2 per 100,000 residents, the 15th highest rate of 51. Browning and Billings have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Montana license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 163WM0705X · method

Browning has the most, 4

Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse records in Montana

  1. Leilani Farbstein, R.N.Browning, MT 594171881896025
  2. Deborah Hancock, RNMissoula, MT 598021922027978
  3. Kris HasbrouckBozeman, MT 597151174400972
  4. Gale Headdress, R.N.Browning, MT 594171023230315
  5. Lorrie Keller, RNBox Elder, MT 595211982979514
  6. Amethyst Lewis, RNBillings, MT 591021366253809
  7. Amanda Lodge, RNBelt, MT 594121841080694
  8. Margaret Miller, RNBrowning, MT 594171083182059
  9. Mark Olson, RNMissoula, MT 598021740941731
  10. Brittany Packard, RNBillings, MT 591011295488021
  11. Kathleen Reed, RNPoplar, MT 592551184924078
  12. Dale Rundle, RNBrowning, MT 594171326251349
  13. Kathy Stanton, RN,BSNCrow Agency, MT 590221457792293
  14. David Weidner, RNFort Harrison, MT 596361912634528

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WM0705X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Montana ranks 15 of 51 per resident

  1. Oregon1.4
  2. Ohio1.4
  3. Arizona1.4
  4. Montana1.2
  5. Vermont1.2
  6. Minnesota1.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WM0705X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 2.1% 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. Montana0.0%
  2. United States2.1%

Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 14 · 0.0% here, 2.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 1.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more8 · 57.1% here, 47.3% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 163WM0705X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

14 NPPES records list medical-surgical registered nurse (163WM0705X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 1.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Browning has 4 of them (29%).

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. Idaho14
  2. West Virginia14
  3. Alaska13
  4. Utah15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Minnesota1.2
  2. Colorado1.2
  3. Arizona1.4
  4. Oklahoma1.1

The largest states

  1. New York293
  2. California257
  3. Texas240
  4. Ohio167
  5. Florida134

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.