Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician providers in the U.S.
3,006 NPPES records list plastic and reconstructive surgery physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.9 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Texas have the most per resident. 1,895 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 2086S0122X means
2086S0122X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 3,006 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A surgeon who specializes in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
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 2086S0122X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Houston has the most, 100
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0122X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 25 | 0.5 |
| Alaska | 2 | 0.3 |
| Arizona | 66 | 0.9 |
| Arkansas | 9 | 0.3 |
| California | 359 | 0.9 |
| Colorado | 59 | 1.0 |
| Connecticut | 42 | 1.2 |
| Delaware | 8 | 0.8 |
| District of Columbia | 15 | 2.2 |
| Florida | 253 | 1.1 |
| Georgia | 80 | 0.7 |
| Hawaii | 10 | 0.7 |
| Idaho | 13 | 0.7 |
| Illinois | 135 | 1.1 |
| Indiana | 47 | 0.7 |
| Iowa | 23 | 0.7 |
| Kansas | 35 | 1.2 |
| Kentucky | 47 | 1.0 |
| Louisiana | 37 | 0.8 |
| Maine | 14 | 1.0 |
| Maryland | 53 | 0.9 |
| Massachusetts | 74 | 1.1 |
| Michigan | 60 | 0.6 |
| Minnesota | 36 | 0.6 |
| Mississippi | 26 | 0.9 |
| Missouri | 60 | 1.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 12 | 1.1 |
| Nebraska | 14 | 0.7 |
| Nevada | 12 | 0.4 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | 0.5 |
| New Jersey | 85 | 0.9 |
| New Mexico | 8 | 0.4 |
| New York | 203 | 1.0 |
| North Carolina | 55 | 0.5 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 0.6 |
| Ohio | 72 | 0.6 |
| Oklahoma | 26 | 0.6 |
| Oregon | 23 | 0.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 107 | 0.8 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | 50 | 0.9 |
| South Dakota | 7 | 0.8 |
| Tennessee | 75 | 1.1 |
| Texas | 392 | 1.3 |
| Utah | 20 | 0.6 |
| Vermont | 4 | 0.6 |
| Virginia | 81 | 0.9 |
| Washington | 72 | 0.9 |
| West Virginia | 17 | 1.0 |
| Wisconsin | 46 | 0.8 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 0.3 |
In federal data
- NUCC code2086S0122X · Surgery
- Size rank165th of 688 specialties by records (0.04% of all)
- In its family3rd of 9 Surgery codes, 6% of the family
- Part D prescribers1,895 (63% of records)
- Part D claims93 a year per prescriber, on average (353rd of 496)
- Industry payments2,042 physicians paid $5.7M in 2024, $3K each on average
- Concentration7 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 plastic and reconstructive surgery physician records
- Jana Cole, MDAnchorage, AK1891741393
- Christopher Jensen, MDFairbanks, AK1285712323
- Morgan Martin, M.D.Cullman, AL1205253390
- Paul Sauer, MDBirmingham, AL1033572730
- Richard FixBirmingham, AL1881638021
- John Grant, MDBirmingham, AL1417992736
- Jorge De La Torre, MDBirmingham, AL1881619393
- Luis Vasconez, MDBirmingham, AL1235151424
- Jonathan AntonettiBirmingham, AL1124552856
- Alexandre Prassinos, MDBirmingham, AL1902396401
- Brad Denney, M.D.Birmingham, AL1962663229
- Robert Bolling, MDTuscaloosa, AL1477509925
- Gordon Telepun, MDDecatur, AL1932267218
- George Jennings, M.D.Muscle Shoals, AL1518184035
- Tuesday Bigelow, M.D.Scottsboro, AL1154743573
- David Durst, MDHuntsville, AL1538122080
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician headcount concentrate?
3,006 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician NPIs span 54 states; Texas alone holds 392. Top metros include Houston, TX; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX. Nationally this is 165th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 2,042 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician physicians totaling $5.7M (23,361 payments; average $3K, 143rd of 470). 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, 1,895 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 93 claims and $3K drug cost per prescriber; 353rd 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.