NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pain Medicine Physician in Minnesota

25 NPPES records list pain medicine physician with a practice address in Minnesota, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 13th highest rate of 51. Rochester and Burnsville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Minnesota license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208VP0000X · method

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

Rochester has the most, 13

  1. Rochester13
  2. Burnsville3
  3. Minneapolis2
  4. St Louis Park2
  5. Bemidji1

Pain Medicine Physician records in Minnesota

  1. Melissa BarrettBurnsville, MN 553371497636195
  2. Lindsay Bergstreser, PA-CBurnsville, MN 553371063671337
  3. Elliot Blankespoor, MDRochester, MN 559051154945608
  4. Casey Butler, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051174902977
  5. Ryan D'Souza, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051881042174
  6. Nikita Desai, DORochester, MN 559051992447627
  7. Jacob Deweerth, M.D.Minneapolis, MN 554541306265582
  8. Maxwell Gessner, MDBemidji, MN 566011467543447
  9. Alyssa Golden-Hart, DORochester, MN 559051114506581
  10. Jonathan Hagedorn, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051972977098
  11. Yeng Her, MD, PHDRochester, MN 559051528594595
  12. Ann Heyer, MDRochester, MN 559051124692223
  13. Jacqueline Higgins, APRN, NPMaplewood, MN 551091801879374
  14. Sena Kihtir, MDSaint Paul, MN 551021053422097
  15. Ethan Koch, MDSaint Cloud, MN 563031023514007
  16. Amanda Kohl, P.A.C.Burnsville, MN 553371114536844
  17. Noelle Liska, DORochester, MN 559051659959088
  18. Laura Matzke Bitterman, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051952652992
  19. Gabrielle Meyer, D.O.St Louis Park, MN 554161710305198
  20. Christopher Radlicz, DORochester, MN 559051265181812
  21. Anthony ReedyRochester, MN 559051275278517
  22. Brandon Smith, MDSt Louis Park, MN 554161598387185
  23. Amarjit Virdi, M.DWinona, MN 559871669541702
  24. James Watson, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051376522557
  25. Christina Wiekamp, ACNS-BC, CNPMinneapolis, MN 554071356615322

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Minnesota ranks 13 of 51 per resident

  1. Georgia0.5
  2. West Virginia0.5
  3. Pennsylvania0.4
  4. Minnesota0.4
  5. Kentucky0.4
  6. Alaska0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

96.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 82.6% 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. Minnesota96.0%
  2. United States82.6%

Pain Medicine Physician records in Minnesota, measured

  • In a Medicare file24 of 25 · 96.0% here, 82.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file20 · 80.0% here, 66.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more6 · 24.0% here, 46.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2014 · the 20 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208VP0000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

25 NPPES records list pain medicine physician (208VP0000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Minnesota: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Rochester has 13 of them (52%).

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. Virginia25
  2. Washington25
  3. Wisconsin23
  4. Indiana28

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Pennsylvania0.4
  2. Kentucky0.4
  3. Georgia0.5
  4. Oklahoma0.5

The largest states

  1. California140
  2. Florida117
  3. Texas115
  4. New York66
  5. Arizona57

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.