Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician providers in the U.S.
2,288 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.7 per 100,000 residents; Alaska and Wyoming have the most per resident. 1,714 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207XS0117X means
207XS0117X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 2,288 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, orthopaedic surgeons of the spine deal with the evaluation and nonoperative and operative treatment of the full spectrum of primary spinal disorders including trauma, degenerative, deformity, tumor, and reconstructive.
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 207XS0117X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 50
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XS0117X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 25 | 0.5 |
| Alaska | 13 | 1.8 |
| Arizona | 70 | 0.9 |
| Arkansas | 9 | 0.3 |
| California | 314 | 0.8 |
| Colorado | 70 | 1.2 |
| Connecticut | 26 | 0.7 |
| Delaware | 7 | 0.7 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | 1.0 |
| Florida | 164 | 0.7 |
| Georgia | 60 | 0.5 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 0.2 |
| Idaho | 16 | 0.8 |
| Illinois | 68 | 0.5 |
| Indiana | 50 | 0.7 |
| Iowa | 24 | 0.7 |
| Kansas | 21 | 0.7 |
| Kentucky | 34 | 0.8 |
| Louisiana | 30 | 0.7 |
| Maine | 1 | 0.1 |
| Maryland | 54 | 0.9 |
| Massachusetts | 36 | 0.5 |
| Michigan | 44 | 0.4 |
| Minnesota | 41 | 0.7 |
| Mississippi | 14 | 0.5 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 58 | 0.9 |
| Montana | 7 | 0.6 |
| Nebraska | 17 | 0.9 |
| Nevada | 29 | 0.9 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | 0.6 |
| New Jersey | 92 | 1.0 |
| New Mexico | 8 | 0.4 |
| New York | 167 | 0.9 |
| North Carolina | 37 | 0.3 |
| Ohio | 71 | 0.6 |
| Oklahoma | 27 | 0.7 |
| Oregon | 29 | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 43 | 0.3 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 0.5 |
| South Carolina | 37 | 0.7 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 0.4 |
| Tennessee | 46 | 0.6 |
| Texas | 225 | 0.7 |
| Utah | 17 | 0.5 |
| Vermont | 8 | 1.2 |
| Virginia | 47 | 0.5 |
| Washington | 64 | 0.8 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 0.4 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | 0.2 |
| Wyoming | 8 | 1.4 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207XS0117X · Orthopaedic Surgery
- Size rank192nd of 688 specialties by records (0.03% of all)
- In its family4th of 8 Orthopaedic Surgery codes, 6.1% of the family
- Part D prescribers1,714 (74.9% of records)
- Part D claims381 a year per prescriber, on average (199th of 496)
- Industry payments1,726 physicians paid $58.8M in 2024, $34K each on average
- Concentration8 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 surgery of the spine physician records
- Mark Flanum, M.D.Anchorage, AK1184675126
- James Eule, MDAnchorage, AK1871540013
- Upshur Spencer, M.D.Anchorage, AK1902834153
- Davis Peterson, M.D.Anchorage, AK1922036201
- Curtis Mina, M.D.Anchorage, AK1366618530
- Gene Falkowski, D.O.Anchorage, AK1841554201
- Derrick Foge, MDAnchorage, AK1669890216
- Iain Elliott, M.D.Anchorage, AK1942629688
- Brent Adcox, M.D.Homer, AK1437339454
- Steven Humphreys, MDSoldotna, AK1144225798
- John Andreshak, M.D.Soldotna, AK1740270792
- Samuel Adams, M.D.Soldotna, AK1306285630
- Stewart Kerr, MDFairbanks, AK1932157732
- Phillip Kravetz, MDCullman, AL1881660264
- Tomas Kuprys, M.D.Birmingham, AL1295034551
- Patrick Young, MDBirmingham, AL1528696721
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician headcount concentrate?
2,288 Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician NPIs span 51 states; California alone holds 314. Top metros include New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; Houston, TX. Nationally this is 192nd of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1,726 Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician physicians totaling $58.8M (38,080 payments; average $34K, 9th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician NPIs, 1,714 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 381 claims and $7K drug cost per prescriber; 199th 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.