Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician providers in the U.S.
828 NPPES records list orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.2 per 100,000 residents; Washington and Colorado have the most per resident. 648 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207XX0004X means
207XX0004X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 828 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Recognized by several state medical boards as a fellowship subspecialty program of orthopaedic surgery, foot and ankle surgeons deal with adult reconstructive foot and ankle surgery, adult foot and ankle trauma, sports medicine foot and ankle, and children's foot and ankle reconstructive surgery.
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 207XX0004X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 23
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XX0004X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 15 | 0.3 |
| Alaska | 4 | 0.5 |
| Arizona | 19 | 0.3 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 0.2 |
| California | 71 | 0.2 |
| Colorado | 32 | 0.5 |
| Connecticut | 12 | 0.3 |
| Delaware | 2 | 0.2 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 0.3 |
| Florida | 45 | 0.2 |
| Georgia | 21 | 0.2 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 0.2 |
| Idaho | 9 | 0.5 |
| Illinois | 30 | 0.2 |
| Indiana | 19 | 0.3 |
| Iowa | 12 | 0.4 |
| Kansas | 12 | 0.4 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 0.1 |
| Louisiana | 9 | 0.2 |
| Maine | 4 | 0.3 |
| Maryland | 30 | 0.5 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | 0.2 |
| Michigan | 15 | 0.1 |
| Minnesota | 14 | 0.2 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 0.2 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 17 | 0.3 |
| Montana | 4 | 0.4 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nevada | 12 | 0.4 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 0.1 |
| New Jersey | 14 | 0.2 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 0.1 |
| New York | 58 | 0.3 |
| North Carolina | 17 | 0.2 |
| Ohio | 34 | 0.3 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 0.1 |
| Oregon | 18 | 0.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | 0.2 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | 18 | 0.3 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 0.3 |
| Tennessee | 21 | 0.3 |
| Texas | 76 | 0.2 |
| Utah | 7 | 0.2 |
| Vermont | 2 | 0.3 |
| Virginia | 26 | 0.3 |
| Washington | 36 | 0.5 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 0.1 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 0.1 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207XX0004X · Orthopaedic Surgery
- Size rank285th of 688 specialties by records (0.01% of all)
- In its family8th of 8 Orthopaedic Surgery codes, 2.2% of the family
- Part D prescribers648 (78.3% of records)
- Part D claims225 a year per prescriber, on average (262nd of 496)
- Industry payments643 physicians paid $15.0M in 2024, $23K each on average
- Concentration10 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 orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery physician records
- Eugene Chang, M.D.Anchorage, AK1225066095
- John Duddy, M.D.Anchorage, AK1629132022
- Namory Bagayoko, MDAnchorage, AK1891999322
- Rabun FoxAnchorage, AK1093057895
- Francisco Caycedo, MDBirmingham, AL1376699561
- Norman Waldrop, MDBirmingham, AL1184755621
- Ashish Shah, MDBirmingham, AL1972832467
- Swapnil Singh, MDBirmingham, AL1760095780
- Mary Gilmer, MDBirmingham, AL1760616924
- Yvonne Conway, MDTrussville, AL1558858613
- John Kirchner, MDHoover, AL1952379521
- Justin Daigre, MDDecatur, AL1215198007
- Matthew Deorio, M.D.Huntsville, AL1366422727
- Jefferson Sabatini, M.D.Huntsville, AL1528357233
- Roswell Morley, M.D.Huntsville, AL1629021654
- Beatriz Garcia-Cardona, M.D.Huntsville, AL1326231473
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician's mid-pack national roster?
828 CMS-registered Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician providers sit across 51 states; Texas leads with 76. Leading metros: New York, NY; Seattle, WA; Baltimore, MD; Houston, TX. Rank 285th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 643 Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician physicians receiving $15.0M across 12,389 payments (average $23K; 13th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician NPIs, 648 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 225 claims and $4K drug cost per prescriber; 262nd 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.