Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician

NUCC 207XX0004X · Orthopaedic Surgery

699 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 304th of 690 specialties by headcount.

699
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
51
States
with ≥1 NPI
Texas
Top state
59 providers
$28K
Open Pay avg
10th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician ranks 304th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in Texas; per resident New Hampshire leads.

699
NPPES providers in specialty
304th
of 690 specialties
395
state-share HHI
77.1%
Part D prescriber share

New Hampshire is densest per capita (2.8× the national rate; Montana 2.1×); 1.9% of the Orthopaedic Surgery category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician (NUCC 207XX0004X; 77.1% Part D prescribers (539 of 699); avg 229 Part D claims/prescriber (413th of 572); Open Payments avg $28K/physician (10th of 551; 516 paid, $14.5M total); state-share HHI 395; next-larger headcount neighbor Neurorehabilitation Occupational Therapist (+12); next-smaller Procedural Dermatology Physician (-8)).

Next larger: Neurorehabilitation Occupational Therapist (711) Next smaller: Procedural Dermatology Physician (691)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1Texas59
2California55
3New York50
4Florida47
5Pennsylvania29
6Washington29
7Illinois27
8Ohio25
9North Carolina24
10Tennessee21
11Maryland20
12Virginia19
13Colorado18
14Indiana18
15Georgia16

Top Cities for Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York17
2SeattleWashington17
3BaltimoreMaryland10
4PhiladelphiaPennsylvania9
5IndianapolisIndiana8
6HoustonTexas8
7DenverColorado7
8ChicagoIllinois7
9DallasTexas7
10San AntonioTexas7
11Los AngelesCalifornia6
12ColumbusOhio6

Sample Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1David Boone, MDRaleigh, NC
2Edward Holt, MDAnnapolis, MD
3James Palumbo, MDEaston, MD
4Ronald Smith, M.D.Long Beach, CA
5Robert Schoen, M.D.Austin, TX
6Nicholas Gates, MDHighland Heights, KY
7Gregory Pomeroy, M.D.Portland, ME
8John Smoot, M.D.Austin, TX
9Thom Tarquinio, M.D.Worcester, MA
10Susan Bonar, M.D.Leawood, KS
11Hiram Carrasquillo, M.D.Jacksonville, FL
12Daniel Farber, MDAllentown, PA
13Justin Cashman, MDAnnapolis, MD
14Robert Kaye, M.D.Yuma, AZ
15Matthew Hammit, M.D.Tomball, TX
16Dolfi Herscovici, DOHudson, FL
17Michael Clare, MDSarasota, FL
18Randall Gall, MDLa Crosse, WI

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Orthopaedic Surgery category.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician's mid-pack national roster?
699 CMS-registered Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician providers sit across 51 states; Texas leads with 59. Leading metros: New York, NY; Seattle, WA; Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA. Rank 304th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 516 Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician physicians receiving $14.5M across 9,136 payments (average $28K; 10th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician NPIs, 539 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 229 claims and $5K drug cost per prescriber; 413th of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.