NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Montana

105 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Montana, 9.3 per 100,000 residents, the 14th highest rate of 51. Billings and Missoula have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Montana license search. Page 3 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207X00000X · 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, 20

  1. Billings20
  2. Missoula16
  3. Kalispell12
  4. Great Falls11
  5. Helena8

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Montana

  1. Gary Willstein, MDMissoula, MT 598081932154671
  2. John Wilson, MDBillings, MT 591011457343063
  3. Zackery Witte, M.D.Missoula, MT 598081174968416
  4. Michael Woods, M.D.Missoula, MT 598081386623619
  5. Timothy Woods, M.D.Hamilton, MT 598401306842489

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207X00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Montana ranks 14 of 51 per resident

  1. Connecticut9.6
  2. Michigan9.6
  3. North Dakota9.4
  4. Montana9.3
  5. North Carolina9.0
  6. Nebraska8.9
  7. 50 states and D.C.7.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207X00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

69.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.5% 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. Montana69.5%
  2. United States76.5%

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file73 of 105 · 69.5% here, 76.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file59 · 56.2% here, 62.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more69 · 65.7% here, 56.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 59 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207X00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

105 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician (207X00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 9.3 per 100,000 residents against 7.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Billings has 20 of them (19%).

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. Puerto Rico106
  2. Hawaii107
  3. South Dakota113
  4. Wyoming91

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Dakota9.4
  2. North Carolina9.0
  3. Michigan9.6
  4. Nebraska8.9

The largest states

  1. California2,276
  2. Texas1,514
  3. Florida1,470
  4. New York1,339
  5. Pennsylvania1,253

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.