NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Texas

1,514 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Texas, 5 per 100,000 residents, the 51st highest rate of 51. Houston and San Antonio have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search. Page 16 of 31.

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).

Houston has the most, 193

  1. Houston193
  2. San Antonio154
  3. Dallas125
  4. Austin88
  5. Fort Worth56

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Texas

  1. Earl Kilbride, MDAustin, TX 787591649262536
  2. Harry Kim, MDDallas, TX 752191346204765
  3. Barry King, MDEl Paso, TX 799021104896356
  4. Robert King, M.D.Lubbock, TX 794101336242593
  5. Carissa Kirk, D.O.Edinburg, TX 785391801003959
  6. Shyam Kishan, MDFrisco, TX 750341689644528
  7. Kurt Kitziger, M.D.Dallas, TX 752311457467789
  8. Jason Klein, M.D.Dallas, TX 752311548535677
  9. Jeffrey Klein, MDGarland, TX 750421346291697
  10. Terren Klein, MDEl Paso, TX 799021801876123
  11. Justin Klimisch, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784141093919664
  12. Jeffrey Knabe, M.D.Temple, TX 765081750674446
  13. Sterling Kneedler, MDGalveston, TX 775551073252169
  14. Matthew Koepplinger, DOHouston, TX 770301972579324
  15. Anil Koganti, MDDallas, TX 752461891754131
  16. Ken KorthauerKingwood, TX 773391215925508
  17. John Kosty, M.D.Galveston, TX 775551154421477
  18. Adam Kouyoumjian, D.O.Plano, TX 750931538152764
  19. Jeffrey KozakHouston, TX 770301487642898
  20. John Kragh, MDSan Antonio, TX 782101710976790
  21. Joan Krajca-Radcliffe, MDTiki Island, TX 775541386657435
  22. Frederick Krause, M.D.Kenedy, TX 781191376771063
  23. Alexander Kreines, D.OSan Antonio, TX 782511164854410
  24. Stefan Kreuzer, MDHouston, TX 770431780683540
  25. Subram Krishnan, MDWeslaco, TX 785961093827412
  26. Sumant Krishnan, M.D.Dallas, TX 752311013939487
  27. John Kristoferson, M.D.Denton, TX 762101235124314
  28. Kevin Kruse, M.D.Dallas, TX 752311508094137
  29. Carlos Kugler, MDTomball, TX 773751073624920
  30. Ples Kujawa, MDSan Antonio, TX 782331255445409
  31. Nitin Kukkar, MDSan Antonio, TX 782161417119918
  32. Kevin Kulwicki, M.D.Southlake, TX 760921558351049
  33. David Kummerfeld, MDTyler, TX 757031821257130
  34. Michael Kutschke, MDFrisco, TX 750341205492949
  35. Peter Kwong, MD1Bedford, TX 760221508977851
  36. Michael Lagrone, M.D.Amarillo, TX 791241194728154
  37. Bangalore Lakshmikanth, M.DBrownsville, TX 785261881814341
  38. Claire Lancaster, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291861296642
  39. James Lancaster, MDDallas, TX 752461790776821
  40. Derek Lance, MDDallas, TX 752051639794811
  41. Jerold Lancourt, M.D.Dallas, TX 752301922059922
  42. Michael Langford, M.D.Longview, TX 756051306991328
  43. Phillip LangfordHouston, TX 770301871026302
  44. Joseph Lanzi, M.D.El Paso, TX 799361174722243
  45. Christopher Larkins, M.D.Corpus Christi, TX 784111336584226
  46. Richard Larrey, M.D.Houston, TX 770651033167622
  47. Matthew Laughlin, D.O.Round Rock, TX 786811073834826
  48. Robert Launikitis, MDThe Woodlands, TX 773821629272299
  49. Bryan Lawson, M.D.Fort Sam Houston, TX 782341629368527
  50. Thanh Le, M.D.Dallas, TX 753901710236641

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

Texas ranks 51 of 51 per resident

  1. Arizona6.2
  2. California5.8
  3. Nevada5.1
  4. Texas5.0
  5. 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.

81.5% 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. Texas81.5%
  2. United States76.5%

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Texas, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,234 of 1,514 · 81.5% here, 76.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,016 · 67.1% here, 62.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more813 · 53.7% here, 56.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 1,016 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

1,514 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician (207X00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 5 per 100,000 residents against 7.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Houston has 193 of them (13%).

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. Florida1,470
  2. New York1,339
  3. Pennsylvania1,253
  4. Illinois995

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nevada5.1
  2. California5.8
  3. Arizona6.2
  4. Tennessee6.6

The largest states

  1. California2,276
  2. Florida1,470
  3. New York1,339
  4. Pennsylvania1,253
  5. Illinois995

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.