Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician

NUCC 2086S0122X · Surgery

2,421 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 181st of 690 specialties by headcount.

2,421
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
54
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
305 providers
$3K
Open Pay avg
165th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician ranks 181st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.03% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

2,421
NPPES providers in specialty
181st
of 690 specialties
542
state-share HHI
61.9%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (3.3× the national rate); 4.9% of the Surgery category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician (NUCC 2086S0122X; 61.9% Part D prescribers (1,499 of 2,421); avg 92 Part D claims/prescriber (497th of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (165th of 551; 1,601 paid, $4.5M total); state-share HHI 542; next-larger headcount neighbor Administrator Registered Nurse (+37); next-smaller Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician (-58)).

Next larger: Administrator Registered Nurse (2,458) Next smaller: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician (2,363)

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
1California305
2Texas278
3Florida205
4New York171
5Illinois110
6Pennsylvania94
7New Jersey75
8Massachusetts65
9Ohio65
10Washington64
11Georgia63
12Virginia59
13Tennessee54
14Missouri53
15North Carolina53

Top Cities for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York77
2HoustonTexas68
3ChicagoIllinois57
4DallasTexas37
5Beverly HillsCalifornia35
6San AntonioTexas33
7Los AngelesCalifornia31
8MiamiFlorida28
9GalvestonTexas26
10BostonMassachusetts25
11TampaFlorida24
12AtlantaGeorgia24

Sample Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Kitti Outlaw, MDMobile, AL
2Mark Potenza, MDCamillus, NY
3Lynn Martin, MDLa Crosse, WI
4George Landis, MDPlymouth, MN
5James Rogers, M.D.Ocala, FL
6Herbert Nassour, M. D.Harlingen, TX
7Joseph Banis, MDLouisville, KY
8Vera Van Aalst-Barker, MDLouisville, KY
9Richard Carlino, MDRaleigh, NC
10Roger Russell, MDRaleigh, NC
11Donald Oschwald, MDRaleigh, NC
12Joseph Benacci, MDLa Crosse, WI
13Daniel Knight, MDShreveport, LA
14Anthony Zacharek, MDSaginaw, MI
15Benjamin Cooper, MDWilmington, DE
16Jeffrey Wagner, MDIndianapolis, IN
17Richard Werner, MDEdina, MN
18Paul Ringelman, M.D.Baltimore, MD

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Surgery category.

Compare Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician vs Surgery Physician →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician headcount concentrate?
2,421 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 305. Top metros include New York, NY; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX. Nationally this is 181st of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1,601 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician physicians totaling $4.5M (18,311 payments; average $3K, 165th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician NPIs, 1,499 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 92 claims and $2K drug cost per prescriber; 497th 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.