NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Neurological Surgery Physician in Kansas

67 NPPES records list neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Kansas, 2.3 per 100,000 residents, the 36th highest rate of 51. Kansas City and Wichita have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kansas license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207T00000X · method

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

Kansas City has the most, 27

  1. Kansas City27
  2. Wichita11
  3. Topeka8
  4. Overland Park7
  5. Lawrence3

Neurological Surgery Physician records in Kansas

  1. Matthew Pierson, M.D.Merriam, KS 662041184985327
  2. Matthew Rendel, MDLawrence, KS 660441386868123
  3. Brandon Sharkey, MDKansas City, KS 661601487406120
  4. David Smith, MDTopeka, KS 666061770763732
  5. John Song, MDTopeka, KS 666061922099084
  6. Wendy Spangler, M.D.Overland Park, KS 662111164496139
  7. Paul Stein, M.D.Wichita, KS 672061114955911
  8. Charles Striebinger, MDOlathe, KS 660611861453938
  9. Samuel Taylon, M.D.Merriam, KS 662041891923850
  10. Steven Tenny, MDSalina, KS 674011689012940
  11. Chad Tuchek, MDTopeka, KS 666061407201767
  12. Lance Villeneuve, MD, PHDOverland Park, KS 662151114418431
  13. James Weimar, M.D., PH.D.Wichita, KS 672261538350830
  14. Matthew Wills, MDTopeka, KS 666061871545186
  15. Bailey Yekzaman, MDKansas City, KS 661601164982252
  16. Craig Yorke, MDTopeka, KS 666061619163193
  17. Zsolt Zador, MDWichita, KS 672261023879939

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207T00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kansas ranks 36 of 51 per resident

  1. South Carolina2.4
  2. Idaho2.3
  3. Maine2.3
  4. Kansas2.3
  5. Virginia2.2
  6. Texas2.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207T00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

79.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 78.8% 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. Kansas79.1%
  2. United States78.8%

Neurological Surgery Physician records in Kansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file53 of 67 · 79.1% here, 78.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file42 · 62.7% here, 65.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more34 · 50.7% here, 52.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 42 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207T00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

67 NPPES records list neurological surgery physician (207T00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kansas: 2.3 per 100,000 residents against 2.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Kansas City has 27 of them (40%).

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. Iowa70
  2. Mississippi62
  3. Arkansas79
  4. Nebraska55

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maine2.3
  2. Idaho2.3
  3. Virginia2.2
  4. South Carolina2.4

The largest states

  1. California929
  2. Texas669
  3. Florida644
  4. New York529
  5. Pennsylvania447

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.