Pediatric Surgery Physician providers in the U.S.
1,493 NPPES records list pediatric surgery physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.4 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Maine have the most per resident. 68 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 2086S0120X means
2086S0120X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 1,493 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A surgeon with expertise in the management of surgical conditions in premature and newborn infants, children and adolescents.
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
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0120X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Chicago has the most, 47
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0120X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 23 | 0.5 |
| Alaska | 3 | 0.4 |
| Arizona | 36 | 0.5 |
| Arkansas | 7 | 0.2 |
| California | 142 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 26 | 0.4 |
| Connecticut | 16 | 0.4 |
| Delaware | 9 | 0.9 |
| District of Columbia | 18 | 2.7 |
| Florida | 89 | 0.4 |
| Georgia | 34 | 0.3 |
| Hawaii | 6 | 0.4 |
| Idaho | 8 | 0.4 |
| Illinois | 70 | 0.6 |
| Indiana | 21 | 0.3 |
| Iowa | 13 | 0.4 |
| Kansas | 3 | 0.1 |
| Kentucky | 18 | 0.4 |
| Louisiana | 23 | 0.5 |
| Maine | 14 | 1.0 |
| Maryland | 16 | 0.3 |
| Massachusetts | 51 | 0.7 |
| Michigan | 46 | 0.5 |
| Minnesota | 21 | 0.4 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 0.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 44 | 0.7 |
| Montana | 3 | 0.3 |
| Nebraska | 8 | 0.4 |
| Nevada | 9 | 0.3 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 0.6 |
| New Jersey | 31 | 0.3 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 0.2 |
| New York | 88 | 0.4 |
| North Carolina | 21 | 0.2 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 0.5 |
| Ohio | 84 | 0.7 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | 0.3 |
| Oregon | 21 | 0.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 76 | 0.6 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 0.8 |
| South Carolina | 23 | 0.4 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 0.4 |
| Tennessee | 56 | 0.8 |
| Texas | 128 | 0.4 |
| Utah | 19 | 0.6 |
| Vermont | 3 | 0.5 |
| Virginia | 38 | 0.4 |
| Washington | 31 | 0.4 |
| West Virginia | 13 | 0.7 |
| Wisconsin | 29 | 0.5 |
In federal data
- NUCC code2086S0120X · Surgery
- Size rank231st of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- In its family6th of 9 Surgery codes, 3% of the family
- Part D prescribers68 (4.6% of records)
- Part D claims179 a year per prescriber, on average (292nd of 496)
- Industry payments523 physicians paid $2.8M in 2024, $5K each on average
- Concentration9 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 pediatric surgery physician records
- Michael Bleicher, MDAnchorage, AK1699849976
- Jennifer Bruny, MDAnchorage, AK1801942495
- Stephen Jolley, MDSoldotna, AK1699717579
- Mike Chen, MDBirmingham, AL1154342772
- Elizabeth Beierle Chen, MDBirmingham, AL1548278872
- Vincent Mortellaro, MDBirmingham, AL1972671287
- Robert Russell, MDBirmingham, AL1477600328
- Spyros SpyrakosBirmingham, AL1710167879
- David Klima, M.D.Birmingham, AL1184899858
- Richard Keijzer, M.D., PH.D.Birmingham, AL1154552867
- Martin Lacher, MDBirmingham, AL1366762239
- Chinwendu Onwubiko, M.D.Birmingham, AL1700198082
- Muhammad Ba'Ath, MDBirmingham, AL1790036648
- Laura Stafman, M.D.Birmingham, AL1497198220
- Michael Berger, MD, PHDBirmingham, AL1417362583
- Tal KoppelmannBirmingham, AL1144604976
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Pediatric Surgery Physician headcount concentrate?
1,493 Pediatric Surgery Physician NPIs span 51 states; California alone holds 142. Top metros include Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA. Nationally this is 231st of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Pediatric Surgery Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 523 Pediatric Surgery Physician physicians totaling $2.8M (1,998 payments; average $5K, 80th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Pediatric Surgery Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Pediatric Surgery Physician NPIs, 68 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 179 claims and $10K drug cost per prescriber; 292nd 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.