NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Otology & Neurotology Physician in Missouri

13 NPPES records list otology & neurotology physician with a practice address in Missouri, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 45. Saint Louis and Kansas City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Missouri license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207YX0901X · 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, 6

  1. Saint Louis6
  2. Kansas City2
  3. Chesterfield1
  4. Columbia1
  5. Creve Coeur1

Otology & Neurotology Physician records in Missouri

  1. James Benecke, M.D., F.A.C.S.Saint Louis, MO 631311588661417
  2. Richard Chole, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101043236276
  3. Nedim Durakovic, MDCreve Coeur, MO 631411235492372
  4. Jacques Herzog, MDSaint Louis, MO 631411255330650
  5. Pawina Jiramongkolchai, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101811378425
  6. George Kletzker, M.D.Chesterfield, MO 630171417959479
  7. Charles Luetje, MDKansas City, MO 641111740255876
  8. Anthony Mikulec, MDSt Louis, MO 631041104843176
  9. Arnaldo Rivera Perez, M.D.Columbia, MO 652011962482232
  10. Matthew Shew, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101144630062
  11. Peter Smith, MD, PHDSaint Louis, MO 631411518961440
  12. Bradley Thedinger, MDKansas City, MO 641111316914005
  13. Mark Van Ess, D.O.Springfield, MO 658041841404613

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207YX0901X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Missouri ranks 6 of 45 per resident

  1. Utah0.2
  2. West Virginia0.2
  3. New Hampshire0.2
  4. Missouri0.2
  5. Kansas0.2
  6. Arkansas0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207YX0901X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

76.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 86.4% 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. Missouri76.9%
  2. United States86.4%

Otology & Neurotology Physician records in Missouri, measured

  • In a Medicare file10 of 13 · 76.9% here, 86.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file7 · 53.8% here, 74.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more8 · 61.5% here, 55.8% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207YX0901X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

13 NPPES records list otology & neurotology physician (207YX0901X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Missouri: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Saint Louis has 6 of them (46%).

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. Georgia12
  2. Minnesota11
  3. Pennsylvania15
  4. Illinois16

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Michigan0.2
  2. Ohio0.2
  3. Indiana0.1
  4. New York0.1

The largest states

  1. California53
  2. Texas36
  3. New York28
  4. Florida27
  5. Michigan24

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.