Plastic Surgery Physician providers in the U.S.
5,754 NPPES records list plastic surgery physician as their primary taxonomy, about 1.7 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Rhode Island have the most per resident. 3,527 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 208200000X means
208200000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Plastic Surgery, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 5,754 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk and external genitalia or cosmetic enhancement of these areas of the body. Cosmetic surgery is an essential component of plastic surgery. The plastic surgeon uses cosmetic surgical principles to both improve overall appearance and to optimize the outcome of reconstructive procedures. The surgeon uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.
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 208200000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 207
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208200000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 40 | 0.8 |
| Alaska | 9 | 1.2 |
| Arizona | 128 | 1.7 |
| Arkansas | 30 | 1.0 |
| California | 894 | 2.3 |
| Colorado | 83 | 1.4 |
| Connecticut | 70 | 1.9 |
| Delaware | 14 | 1.4 |
| District of Columbia | 37 | 5.4 |
| Florida | 507 | 2.2 |
| Georgia | 183 | 1.7 |
| Hawaii | 22 | 1.5 |
| Idaho | 19 | 1.0 |
| Illinois | 224 | 1.8 |
| Indiana | 80 | 1.2 |
| Iowa | 30 | 0.9 |
| Kansas | 47 | 1.6 |
| Kentucky | 56 | 1.2 |
| Louisiana | 56 | 1.2 |
| Maine | 9 | 0.6 |
| Maryland | 118 | 1.9 |
| Massachusetts | 141 | 2.0 |
| Michigan | 176 | 1.8 |
| Minnesota | 119 | 2.1 |
| Mississippi | 31 | 1.1 |
| Missouri | 105 | 1.7 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 10 | 0.9 |
| Nebraska | 26 | 1.3 |
| Nevada | 39 | 1.2 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 1.7 |
| New Jersey | 197 | 2.1 |
| New Mexico | 20 | 0.9 |
| New York | 452 | 2.3 |
| North Carolina | 146 | 1.3 |
| North Dakota | 12 | 1.5 |
| Ohio | 234 | 2.0 |
| Oklahoma | 40 | 1.0 |
| Oregon | 64 | 1.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 227 | 1.8 |
| Rhode Island | 30 | 2.7 |
| South Carolina | 71 | 1.3 |
| South Dakota | 12 | 1.3 |
| Tennessee | 102 | 1.4 |
| Texas | 374 | 1.2 |
| Utah | 80 | 2.3 |
| Vermont | 5 | 0.8 |
| Virginia | 134 | 1.6 |
| Washington | 91 | 1.2 |
| West Virginia | 22 | 1.2 |
| Wisconsin | 93 | 1.6 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 0.3 |
In federal data
- NUCC code208200000X · Plastic Surgery
- Size rank128th of 688 specialties by records (0.08% of all)
- In its family1st of 3 Plastic Surgery codes, 91.6% of the family
- Part D prescribers3,527 (61.3% of records)
- Part D claims93 a year per prescriber, on average (353rd of 496)
- Industry payments3,683 physicians paid $19.6M in 2024, $5K 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 surgery physician records
- George Siegfried, M.D.Anchorage, AK1750353108
- Michael Manuel, MDAnchorage, AK1003831488
- Daniel Suver, MDAnchorage, AK1649380767
- James Lee, MDAnchorage, AK1669819116
- Aaron Berhanu, MDAnchorage, AK1659725687
- Ian Wisecarver, MDHomer, AK1437648698
- Amer Nassar, MDPalmer, AK1285016196
- Erick Martell, MDFairbanks, AK1649303694
- Gregory Dostal, MDJuneau, AK1821114448
- Steven Seidel, MDCullman, AL1265461008
- Stephen Steinmetz, MDBirmingham, AL1982716536
- Kevin Obrien, MDBirmingham, AL1992761019
- M Moor, MDBirmingham, AL1952445843
- Melanie Petro, M.D.Vestavia, AL1477745024
- Steven Thomas, MDBirmingham, AL1871543769
- Rene MyersBirmingham, AL1376785170
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Plastic Surgery Physician headcount concentrate?
5,754 Plastic Surgery Physician NPIs span 53 states; California alone holds 894. Top metros include New York, NY; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; Beverly Hills, CA. Nationally this is 128th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Plastic Surgery Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3,683 Plastic Surgery Physician physicians totaling $19.6M (41,576 payments; average $5K, 81st of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Plastic Surgery Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Plastic Surgery Physician NPIs, 3,527 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.