NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nephrology Physician in Montana

26 NPPES records list nephrology physician with a practice address in Montana, 2.3 per 100,000 residents, the 48th highest rate of 51. Billings and Missoula 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 207RN0300X · method

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

Billings has the most, 8

  1. Billings8
  2. Missoula6
  3. Bozeman5
  4. Kalispell4
  5. Great Falls2

Nephrology Physician records in Montana

  1. Gabor Bodonyi-Kovacs, MDKalispell, MT 599011821288051
  2. Scot Born, M.D.Kalispell, MT 599011831298348
  3. Shahid Chaudhary, M.D.Missoula, MT 598041902986987
  4. Anthony De Mory, M.D.Billings, MT 591011316944572
  5. Margaret Eddy, MDMissoula, MT 598021114973229
  6. Michael Ganz, M.D.Billings, MT 591011356399257
  7. Gerald Groggel, MDBozeman, MT 597151932157716
  8. Stephen Guggenheim, M.D.Bozeman, MT 597151801158506
  9. Tobin Hoppes, M.D.Kalispell, MT 599011013952118
  10. Jonathan Jakubowski, MDBillings, MT 591011205322286
  11. Anna Jovanovich, MDBozeman, MT 597151164697017
  12. Grace Kim, M.D.Billings, MT 591061891745899
  13. James Knostman, MDBillings, MT 591011306929377
  14. Robert Laclair, M.D.Helena, MT 596011396700035
  15. John Lakatua, MDMissoula, MT 598021023063070
  16. Benjamin LawsonMissoula, MT 598081154717775
  17. Jonathan McNeely, M.D.Missoula, MT 598021528252079
  18. Varghese Parambi, MDGreat Falls, MT 594051386645257
  19. Christopher Rich, M.D.Bozeman, MT 597151770545485
  20. Cindy Sharp, MDBozeman, MT 597151629138797
  21. Ruslan Soldyshev, M.D.Great Falls, MT 594051821294661
  22. Marco Thierry, MDBillings, MT 591011518528207
  23. Kendrick Trostel, M.D.Billings, MT 591011174537658
  24. Robert Valleau, D.O.Kalispell, MT 599011720298169
  25. Curtis Wickre, MDMissoula, MT 598021033102116
  26. Kristen Zack, MDBillings, MT 591011376105692

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RN0300X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Montana ranks 48 of 51 per resident

  1. Utah2.5
  2. Kansas2.4
  3. Vermont2.3
  4. Montana2.3
  5. Alaska1.9
  6. Idaho1.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.4.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RN0300X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

73.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 85.8% 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. Montana73.1%
  2. United States85.8%

Nephrology Physician records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file19 of 26 · 73.1% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file19 · 73.1% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more11 · 42.3% here, 54.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2000 · the 18 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RN0300X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

26 NPPES records list nephrology physician (207RN0300X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 2.3 per 100,000 residents against 4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Billings has 8 of them (31%).

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 Dakota26
  2. North Dakota28
  3. Idaho34
  4. New Hampshire37

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Vermont2.3
  2. Kansas2.4
  3. Utah2.5
  4. Alaska1.9

The largest states

  1. California1,468
  2. Texas1,159
  3. New York1,049
  4. Florida840
  5. Pennsylvania651

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.