NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Otolaryngology Physician in Missouri

253 NPPES records list otolaryngology physician with a practice address in Missouri, 4.1 per 100,000 residents, the 10th highest rate of 51. Saint Louis and Columbia have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Missouri license search. Page 6 of 6.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207Y00000X · method

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

Saint Louis has the most, 90

  1. Saint Louis90
  2. Columbia40
  3. Springfield18
  4. St Louis15
  5. Kansas City11

Otolaryngology Physician records in Missouri

  1. Emily Ziaee, M.D.St Louis, MO 631281235120130
  2. Robert Zitsch, M.D.Columbia, MO 652121295793164
  3. Paul Zolkind, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101770922759

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Y00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Missouri ranks 10 of 51 per resident

  1. Iowa4.5
  2. Maryland4.2
  3. Pennsylvania4.1
  4. Missouri4.1
  5. Connecticut4.0
  6. New York3.9
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Y00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 79.4% 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. Missouri77.5%
  2. United States79.4%

Otolaryngology Physician records in Missouri, measured

  • In a Medicare file196 of 253 · 77.5% here, 79.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file148 · 58.5% here, 66.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more122 · 48.2% here, 57.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 148 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207Y00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

253 NPPES records list otolaryngology physician (207Y00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Missouri: 4.1 per 100,000 residents against 3.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Saint Louis has 90 of them (36%).

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. Maryland257
  2. New Jersey263
  3. Virginia269
  4. Wisconsin231

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Pennsylvania4.1
  2. Connecticut4.0
  3. New York3.9
  4. Washington3.9

The largest states

  1. California1,212
  2. Texas790
  3. New York765
  4. Florida659
  5. Pennsylvania531

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.