NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician in North Dakota

10 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician with a practice address in North Dakota, 1.3 per 100,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of 51. Fargo and Grand Forks have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Dakota 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).

Fargo has the most, 9

  1. Fargo9
  2. Grand Forks1

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in North Dakota

  1. David Bailey, MDFargo, ND 581031639197338
  2. David Beard, MD,Fargo, ND 581031053376079
  3. James Drinane, DOFargo, ND 581031508271099
  4. Qin Du, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011942832456
  5. Jason Erpelding, M.D.Fargo, ND 581031013131325
  6. Charles Hartz, M.D.Fargo, ND 581021023068699
  7. Martin Janout, M.D.Fargo, ND 581031982800553
  8. J Donald Opgrande, MDFargo, ND 581031184641656
  9. Gregory Orson, MDFargo, ND 581031932130036
  10. Prasad Sawardeker, M.D.Fargo, ND 581031154522746

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

North Dakota ranks 7 of 51 per resident

  1. Montana1.4
  2. Rhode Island1.4
  3. Colorado1.3
  4. North Dakota1.3
  5. Alaska1.2
  6. New Hampshire1.2
  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.

80.0% 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. North Dakota80.0%
  2. United States85.8%

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in North Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file8 of 10 · 80.0% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file7 · 70.0% here, 78.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more2 · 20.0% here, 51.7% nationally

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

10 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician (207XS0106X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Dakota: 1.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fargo has 9 of them (90%).

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. Hawaii10
  2. Mississippi13
  3. Maine15
  4. Rhode Island15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Colorado1.3
  2. New Hampshire1.2
  3. Nebraska1.2
  4. Montana1.4

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.