NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician in Montana

16 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician with a practice address in Montana, 1.4 per 100,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 51. Billings and Great Falls have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Montana license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207XS0106X · method

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

Billings has the most, 4

  1. Billings4
  2. Great Falls4
  3. Kalispell4
  4. Missoula4

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in Montana

  1. Julie Adams, M.D.Kalispell, MT 599011033195284
  2. Nicholas Beck, MDBillings, MT 591011346509759
  3. Taylor Buckley, M.D.Missoula, MT 598041063654283
  4. Todd Cameron, DOGreat Falls, MT 594051669520607
  5. Alexander Chung, M.D.Great Falls, MT 594051275577249
  6. Ralph Costanzo, M.D.Billings, MT 591011073549093
  7. John Craw, M.D.Great Falls, MT 594051417117110
  8. Nathaniel Fogel, MD, MSKalispell, MT 599011417480542
  9. Wanda Gorsuch, M.D.Great Falls, MT 594051649211566
  10. Thomas Owen, MDBillings, MT 591011790950889
  11. Paul Puckett, M.D.Missoula, MT 598081174502017
  12. Thomas Rickard, M.D.Missoula, MT 598041548260706
  13. Heidi Shors, M.D.Kalispell, MT 599011982899795
  14. Barry Smith, MDBillings, MT 591011417949108
  15. Charles Sullivan, MDMissoula, MT 598081619929635
  16. Parley Thorderson, MDKalispell, MT 599011033165758

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XS0106X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Montana ranks 4 of 51 per resident

  1. South Dakota2.2
  2. Connecticut1.6
  3. Kentucky1.5
  4. Montana1.4
  5. Rhode Island1.4
  6. Colorado1.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XS0106X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

81.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 85.8% 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. Montana81.3%
  2. United States85.8%

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file13 of 16 · 81.3% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file12 · 75.0% here, 78.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more9 · 56.3% here, 51.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 12 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207XS0106X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

16 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician (207XS0106X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 1.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Billings has 4 of them (25%).

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. New Mexico16
  2. Maine15
  3. New Hampshire17
  4. Rhode Island15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Colorado1.3
  2. Kentucky1.5
  3. North Dakota1.3
  4. Connecticut1.6

The largest states

  1. California288
  2. New York199
  3. Florida183
  4. Texas182
  5. Illinois129

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.