Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician

NUCC 2081P2900X · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

1,661 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 51 states · 212th of 690 specialties by headcount.

1,661
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
51
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
245 providers
$2K
Open Pay avg
177th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician ranks 212th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.02% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Delaware leads.

1,661
NPPES providers in specialty
212th
of 690 specialties
593
state-share HHI
74.9%
Part D prescriber share

Delaware is densest per capita (2.2× the national rate; Alaska 1.9×); 8.5% of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician (NUCC 2081P2900X; 74.9% Part D prescribers (1,244 of 1,661); avg 1,399 Part D claims/prescriber (82nd of 572); Open Payments avg $2K/physician (177th of 551; 955 paid, $2.3M total); state-share HHI 593; next-larger headcount neighbor Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician (+7); next-smaller Prosthetics Case Management (-5)).

Next larger: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician (1,668) Next smaller: Prosthetics Case Management (1,656)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California245
2New York175
3Florida150
4Texas112
5New Jersey84
6Pennsylvania80
7Georgia57
8Maryland54
9Illinois45
10Michigan43
11Ohio42
12Colorado40
13North Carolina38
14Arizona36
15Washington35

Top Cities for Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York48
2Los AngelesCalifornia22
3HoustonTexas22
4BrooklynNew York18
5San DiegoCalifornia17
6TampaFlorida12
7ChicagoIllinois12
8BaltimoreMaryland12
9Las VegasNevada12
10SacramentoCalifornia9
11MiamiFlorida9
12AtlantaGeorgia9

Sample Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Michael Sorensen, M.D.Prescott, AZ
2Timothy Pettingell, M.D.Tulsa, OK
3Allen Tafel, M.D.Fort Myers, FL
4Vincent Thompson, M.D.Philadelphia, PA
5David Dowling, M.D.Memphis, TN
6Dwayne Patterson, MDRaleigh, NC
7Dan Wilcox, M.D.Spokane, WA
8Michael Moore, M.D.Walla Walla, WA
9Kevin Ladin, M.D.Phoenix, AZ
10Stacey Jaff, M.D.Bronx, NY
11Stephen O'Neil, M.D.Beaumont, TX
12James Devney, D.O.Omaha, NE
13Scott Lamb, M.D.Tyler, TX
14Dennis Williams, MDEvans, GA
15David Grygier, M.D.Pittsfield, MA
16Joseph Doerr, M.D.Somerset, MA
17Henry Wroblewski, M.D.Livingston, NJ
18Cyrus Vosough, M.D.Wayne, NJ

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation category.

Compare Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician vs Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician headcount concentrate?
1,661 Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician NPIs span 51 states; California alone holds 245. Top metros include New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Houston, TX; Brooklyn, NY. Nationally this is 212th of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 955 Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician physicians totaling $2.3M (20,667 payments; average $2K, 177th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician NPIs, 1,244 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,399 claims and $80K drug cost per prescriber; 82nd of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.