Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician providers in the U.S.
2,884 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.9 per 100,000 residents; South Dakota and Connecticut have the most per resident. 2,203 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207XS0106X means
207XS0106X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 2,884 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An orthopaedic surgeon trained in the investigation, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.
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 207XS0106X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Louisville has the most, 54
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XS0106X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 30 | 0.6 |
| Alaska | 9 | 1.2 |
| Arizona | 66 | 0.9 |
| Arkansas | 19 | 0.6 |
| California | 288 | 0.7 |
| Colorado | 77 | 1.3 |
| Connecticut | 59 | 1.6 |
| Delaware | 4 | 0.4 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | 1.0 |
| Florida | 183 | 0.8 |
| Georgia | 78 | 0.7 |
| Hawaii | 10 | 0.7 |
| Idaho | 19 | 1.0 |
| Illinois | 129 | 1.0 |
| Indiana | 65 | 0.9 |
| Iowa | 27 | 0.8 |
| Kansas | 26 | 0.9 |
| Kentucky | 69 | 1.5 |
| Louisiana | 32 | 0.7 |
| Maine | 15 | 1.1 |
| Maryland | 60 | 1.0 |
| Massachusetts | 75 | 1.1 |
| Michigan | 60 | 0.6 |
| Minnesota | 50 | 0.9 |
| Mississippi | 13 | 0.4 |
| Missouri | 39 | 0.6 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 16 | 1.4 |
| Nebraska | 23 | 1.2 |
| Nevada | 27 | 0.8 |
| New Hampshire | 17 | 1.2 |
| New Jersey | 93 | 1.0 |
| New Mexico | 16 | 0.8 |
| New York | 199 | 1.0 |
| North Carolina | 91 | 0.8 |
| North Dakota | 10 | 1.3 |
| Ohio | 95 | 0.8 |
| Oklahoma | 27 | 0.7 |
| Oregon | 35 | 0.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 118 | 0.9 |
| Rhode Island | 15 | 1.4 |
| South Carolina | 47 | 0.9 |
| South Dakota | 20 | 2.2 |
| Tennessee | 60 | 0.8 |
| Texas | 182 | 0.6 |
| Utah | 28 | 0.8 |
| Vermont | 4 | 0.6 |
| Virginia | 90 | 1.0 |
| Washington | 88 | 1.1 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 0.4 |
| Wisconsin | 56 | 0.9 |
| Wyoming | 5 | 0.9 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207XS0106X · Orthopaedic Surgery
- Size rank169th of 688 specialties by records (0.04% of all)
- In its family3rd of 8 Orthopaedic Surgery codes, 7.7% of the family
- Part D prescribers2,203 (76.4% of records)
- Part D claims186 a year per prescriber, on average (288th of 496)
- Industry payments1,819 physicians paid $10.1M in 2024, $6K 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 hand surgery physician records
- Michael McNamara, M. D.Anchorage, AK1457330961
- Marc Kornmesser, M.D.Anchorage, AK1497783260
- Leslie Dean, M.D.Anchorage, AK1487684791
- Kurt Mentzer, MDAnchorage, AK1891882213
- Owen Ala, MDAnchorage, AK1902065816
- Jessie Janowski, M.D.Anchorage, AK1144545476
- Dann Laudermilch, M.D.Anchorage, AK1063709673
- Mary Fox, M.D.Anchorage, AK1881937282
- Alan Swenson, MDAnchorage, AK1215371430
- Davis Rogers, MDPelham, AL1578007043
- Kathleen McKeon, MDBirmingham, AL1528229986
- Kathryn Bentley, M.D.Birmingham, AL1598023632
- Christopher Beaumont, MDBirmingham, AL1114381548
- Karlee Loftin, MDBirmingham, AL1588007686
- Erin RansomBirmingham, AL1821433665
- Joseph Ingram, M.D.Birmingham, AL1174889885
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician headcount concentrate?
2,884 Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician NPIs span 52 states; California alone holds 288. Top metros include Louisville, KY; New York, NY; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL. Nationally this is 169th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1,819 Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician physicians totaling $10.1M (16,221 payments; average $6K, 78th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician NPIs, 2,203 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 186 claims and $9K drug cost per prescriber; 288th 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.