Surgery Physician

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 208600000X · Surgery

36,199 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 56 states · 47th of 690 specialties by headcount.

36,199

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

3,342 providers

$4K

Open Pay avg

125th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Surgery Physician ranks 47th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.51% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

36,199
NPPES providers in specialty: 47th
of 690 specialties: 378
state-share HHI: 58.7%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (2.3× the national rate; American Samoa 2.1×); 75.1% of the Surgery category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Surgery Physician (NUCC 208600000X; 58.7% Part D prescribers (21,237 of 36,199); avg 169 Part D claims/prescriber (434th of 567); Open Payments avg $4K/physician (125th of 552; 19,040 paid, $71.4M total); state-share HHI 378; next-larger headcount neighbor Diagnostic Radiology Physician (+3,352); next-smaller Acupuncturist (-2,860)).

Next larger: Diagnostic Radiology Physician (39,551) Next smaller: Acupuncturist (33,339)

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

District of Columbia 2.3× · 24.2/100k
American Samoa 2.1× · 22.8/100k
North Dakota 1.9× · 20.3/100k
Maine 1.5× · 16.5/100k
Massachusetts 1.5× · 15.6/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Guam 0.43× · 4.6/100k
Puerto Rico 0.70× · 7.5/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	3,342	9.2%
2	Texas	2,482	6.9%
3	New York	2,188	6.0%
4	Florida	2,070	5.7%
5	Pennsylvania	1,988	5.5%
6	Illinois	1,545	4.3%
7	Michigan	1,510	4.2%
8	Ohio	1,320	3.6%
9	North Carolina	1,147	3.2%
10	Massachusetts	1,090	3.0%
11	Georgia	1,014	2.8%
12	Virginia	925	2.6%
13	New Jersey	818	2.3%
14	Arizona	803	2.2%
15	Washington	803	2.2%

Top Cities for Surgery Physician

#	City	Providers
1	ChicagoIllinois	516
2	BostonMassachusetts	482
3	New YorkNew York	482
4	PhiladelphiaPennsylvania	453
5	HoustonTexas	435
6	Los AngelesCalifornia	300
7	BaltimoreMaryland	281
8	RochesterMinnesota	259
9	Saint LouisMissouri	240
10	ClevelandOhio	230
11	SeattleWashington	228
12	DallasTexas	219

Sample Surgery Physician NPIs

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

#	Provider	State
1	Elmer Gibbs, M.D.Crossville, TN	Tennessee
2	David Gelber, MDPasadena, TX	Texas
3	Melvin Medlock, MDLumberton, NC	North Carolina
4	Armando Sciullo, DOGrove City, PA	Pennsylvania
5	David Smith, M.D.Fort Wayne, IN	Indiana
6	David Bruce, M.New Orleans, LA	Louisiana
7	Susan Behen, M.D.Baltimore, MD	Maryland
8	Hannah-Ngoc Ha, M.D.Creve Coeur, MO	Missouri
9	Scott Steinmetz, M.D.Bel Air, MD	Maryland
10	Elie Fraiji, M.D.Bel Air, MD	Maryland
11	Keith Falcao, M.D.Columbia, MD	Maryland
12	James Mayes, M.D.Arlington, VA	Virginia
13	Joseph Dodd, M.D.Nevada, MO	Missouri
14	Bradley MudgeNewark, DE	Delaware
15	Eduardo Alsina, MDTampa, FL	Florida
16	Dexter Turnquest, M.D.Houston, TX	Texas
17	Morin Hanson, M.D.Saint Louis, MO	Missouri
18	Abed Alo, MDToledo, OH	Ohio

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

Vascular Surgery Physician

4,227 providers

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician

2,355 providers

Surgical Critical Care Physician

1,478 providers

Surgical Oncology Physician

1,409 providers

Pediatric Surgery Physician

1,139 providers

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Surgery Physician providers are in the US?

There are 36,199 Surgery Physician providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 56 US states and territories. California has the most with 3,342 providers. Leading metros include Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 47th by headcount.

Do Surgery Physician clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 19,040 Surgery Physician physicians receiving industry payments totaling $71.4M (194,513 payments; average $4K per paid physician, 125th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Surgery Physician NPIs, 21,237 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 169 claims and $16K drug cost per prescriber; 434th of 567 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 2026-05-20.