Obstetrics Physician providers in the U.S.
1,421 NPPES records list obstetrics physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.4 per 100,000 residents; New Mexico and Montana have the most per resident. 863 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207VX0000X means
207VX0000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Obstetrics & Gynecology, Obstetrics, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 1,421 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A physician who specializes in diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with obstetric conditions.
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 207VX0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 38
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207VX0000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 14 | 0.3 |
| Alaska | 2 | 0.3 |
| Arizona | 24 | 0.3 |
| Arkansas | 15 | 0.5 |
| California | 174 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 17 | 0.3 |
| Connecticut | 11 | 0.3 |
| Delaware | 2 | 0.2 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | 1.0 |
| Florida | 85 | 0.4 |
| Georgia | 64 | 0.6 |
| Hawaii | 6 | 0.4 |
| Idaho | 6 | 0.3 |
| Illinois | 54 | 0.4 |
| Indiana | 26 | 0.4 |
| Iowa | 12 | 0.4 |
| Kansas | 13 | 0.4 |
| Kentucky | 17 | 0.4 |
| Louisiana | 26 | 0.6 |
| Maine | 2 | 0.1 |
| Maryland | 24 | 0.4 |
| Massachusetts | 25 | 0.4 |
| Michigan | 64 | 0.6 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 0.3 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 0.2 |
| Missouri | 23 | 0.4 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 11 | 1.0 |
| Nebraska | 10 | 0.5 |
| Nevada | 10 | 0.3 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | 0.4 |
| New Jersey | 39 | 0.4 |
| New Mexico | 23 | 1.1 |
| New York | 118 | 0.6 |
| North Carolina | 42 | 0.4 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 46 | 0.4 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | 0.4 |
| Oregon | 16 | 0.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 48 | 0.4 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 0.4 |
| South Carolina | 17 | 0.3 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 0.3 |
| Tennessee | 28 | 0.4 |
| Texas | 103 | 0.3 |
| Utah | 19 | 0.6 |
| Vermont | 4 | 0.6 |
| Virginia | 49 | 0.6 |
| Washington | 29 | 0.4 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 0.3 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | 0.2 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207VX0000X · Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Size rank235th of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- In its family6th of 11 Obstetrics & Gynecology codes, 2.4% of the family
- Part D prescribers863 (60.7% of records)
- Part D claims218 a year per prescriber, on average (267th of 496)
- Industry payments679 physicians paid $561K in 2024, $826 each on average
- Concentration8 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 obstetrics physician records
- Owen Bell, M.D.Anchorage, AK1912052549
- Karl Baurick, M.D.Fairbanks, AK1831272863
- John Morgan, M.D.Birmingham, AL1942279534
- Jack Freeman, M.D.Birmingham, AL1295704831
- Zachary Gentry, MDBirmingham, AL1124657341
- Kathryn Santoro, M.D.Birmingham, AL1861792913
- Erin Showalter, DOBirmingham, AL1417484676
- Lisa Christian, MDSheffield, AL1467405787
- Steven Snyder, MDSheffield, AL1285894618
- Julie Sawyer, DOMadison, AL1043898216
- Eric Tallent, MDHuntsville, AL1801883715
- Melvin Thornbury, M.D.Albertville, AL1386683902
- Valerie Waddell, M.D.Montgomery, AL1598973612
- Kenneth Farmer, M.D.Dothan, AL1962458380
- Alison Hollis, DOFairhope, AL1215499876
- Felicia Beth Stella, M.D.Mobile, AL1689863938
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Obstetrics Physician's mid-pack national roster?
1,421 CMS-registered Obstetrics Physician providers sit across 54 states; California leads with 174. Leading metros: New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA. Rank 235th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Obstetrics Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 679 Obstetrics Physician physicians receiving $561K across 6,663 payments (average $826; 251st of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Obstetrics Physician NPIs, 863 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 218 claims and $19K drug cost per prescriber; 267th 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.