NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers in the U.S.

4,508 NPPES records list pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician as their primary taxonomy, about 1.3 per 100,000 residents; New Hampshire and Kansas have the most per resident. 2,982 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207LP2900X · method

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

What taxonomy code 207LP2900X means

207LP2900X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 4,508 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

An anesthesiologist who provides a high level of care, either as a primary physician or consultant, for patients experiencing problems with acute, chronic and/or cancer pain in both hospital and ambulatory settings. Patient care needs are also coordinated with other specialists.

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

  1. New Hampshire2.4
  2. Kansas2.1
  3. Nevada2.0
  4. Alaska1.9
  5. Florida1.7
  6. New Jersey1.7
  7. Massachusetts1.7
  8. Missouri1.7
  9. 50 states and D.C.1.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207LP2900X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

New York has the most, 105

  1. New York, NY105
  2. Houston, TX63
  3. Chicago, IL45
  4. Boston, MA44
  5. Seattle, WA42
  6. Las Vegas, NV39
  7. Cleveland, OH37
  8. Los Angeles, CA33

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207LP2900X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 51 by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama571.1
Alaska141.9
Arizona921.2
Arkansas311.0
California5361.4
Colorado671.1
Connecticut481.3
Delaware151.5
District of Columbia60.9
Florida3841.7
Georgia1111.0
Hawaii130.9
Idaho160.8
Illinois2031.6
Indiana861.3
Iowa230.7
Kansas632.1
Kentucky661.5
Louisiana571.2
Maine181.3
Maryland881.4
Massachusetts1211.7
Michigan850.8
Minnesota510.9
Mississippi411.4
Missouri1071.7
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Montana90.8
Nebraska251.3
Nevada642.0
New Hampshire342.4
New Jersey1551.7
New Mexico331.6
New York3091.6
North Carolina1111.0
North Dakota40.5
Ohio1671.4
Oklahoma491.2
Oregon350.8
Pennsylvania2001.5
Rhode Island60.5
South Carolina641.2
South Dakota121.3
Tennessee821.2
Texas3821.3
Utah310.9
Vermont101.5
Virginia1131.3
Washington1061.4
West Virginia211.2
Wisconsin571.0
Wyoming50.9

In federal data

  • NUCC code207LP2900X · Anesthesiology
  • Size rank139th of 688 specialties by records (0.06% of all)
  • In its family2nd of 6 Anesthesiology codes, 6.6% of the family
  • Part D prescribers2,982 (66.1% of records)
  • Part D claims1,750 a year per prescriber, on average (34th of 496)
  • Industry payments2,789 physicians paid $9.0M in 2024, $3K 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 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records

  1. Phillip Weidner, DOAnchorage, AK1891950853
  2. Hyun Sun ChungAnchorage, AK1790112506
  3. Kimpreet KaurElmendorf Afb, AK1033642962
  4. Ryan Haas, MDJber, AK1467912923
  5. Grant Roderer, MDAnchorage, AK1437170586
  6. Lawrence Stinson, MDAnchorage, AK1437163938
  7. Nichelle Renk, M.D.Anchorage, AK1548300205
  8. Robert ValentzAnchorage, AK1336110436
  9. Mahmood Ahmad, M.DAnchorage, AK1831145929
  10. Benjamin Ekstrom, M.D.Anchorage, AK1740556992
  11. James Price, D.O.Palmer, AK1306898705
  12. Jon Hinman, MDWasilla, AK1518980556
  13. Renee Marchegiani, DOWasilla, AK1982192282
  14. Nancy Cross, MDFairbanks, AK1174537674
  15. Sterling AndersonBessemer, AL1467030841
  16. David Cosgrove, MDCullman, AL1952361735

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

Where does the large Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician headcount concentrate?

4,508 Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician NPIs span 53 states; California alone holds 536. Top metros include New York, NY; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA. Nationally this is 139th of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 2,789 Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician physicians totaling $9.0M (69,184 payments; average $3K, 129th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician NPIs, 2,982 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,750 claims and $92K drug cost per prescriber; 34th 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.