NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery Physician in Montana

136 NPPES records list surgery physician with a practice address in Montana, 12 per 100,000 residents, the 19th highest rate of 51. Billings and Missoula have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Montana license search. Page 2 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208600000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Billings has the most, 26

  1. Billings26
  2. Missoula19
  3. Bozeman12
  4. Helena10
  5. Great Falls9

Surgery Physician records in Montana

  1. Kathryn Hatch, MDBillings, MT 591011275558215
  2. Mark Hiesterman, D.O.Glasgow, MT 592301699980367
  3. Michael Hill, M.D.Billings, MT 591011962636167
  4. Vern Horton, MDMissoula, MT 598041073597639
  5. Terry Housinger, MDBillings, MT 591011790705234
  6. Zachary Hovorka, D.O.Ronan, MT 598641134415201
  7. Robert Hurd, MDBillings, MT 591011376626291
  8. William Huval, MDGreat Falls, MT 594051124061411
  9. Frederick Ilgenfritz, M.D.Hamilton, MT 598401861446379
  10. Jeremy Jensen, MDGreat Falls, MT 594051881822583
  11. Dale Johnson, MDHelena, MT 596011427260595
  12. Gregory Johnson, M.D.Fort Harrison, MT 596361366540460
  13. Thad Kandel, M.D.Libby, MT 599231972981330
  14. Melissa Kaptanian, MDKalispell, MT 599011982860300
  15. Louis Kattine, MDMissoula, MT 598081255371092
  16. Debra Kontny, DOHelena, MT 596011346276516
  17. Richard Lesperance, M.D.Bozeman, MT 597151194927228
  18. Ira Levine, M.D.Fort Harrison, MT 596361053342584
  19. Sydney Lillard, M.D.Kalispell, MT 599011619082336
  20. Deron Ludwig, MDMissoula, MT 598021245310200
  21. Dennis Maier, MDBillings, MT 591011497787725
  22. Christopher Maki, MDMissoula, MT 598081871806117
  23. William McGregor, M.D.Great Falls, MT 594051326370123
  24. Barry McKenzie, M.D.Billings, MT 591011437367513
  25. Thomas McMahon, MDAnaconda, MT 597111558399709
  26. John Means, MDKalispell, MT 599011528099017
  27. Anthony Menichino, M.D.Fort Harrison, MT 596361083795553
  28. Stephen Milheim, M.D.Shelby, MT 594741962565432
  29. Barbara Miller, MDLewistown, MT 594571063519361
  30. Bruce Morgan, MDSeeley Lake, MT 598681134106305
  31. Dillon Morris, MDMissoula, MT 598041649776204
  32. Dale Mortenson, MD, FACSGreat Falls, MT 594051801949722
  33. Bret Murray, MDBillings, MT 591011306853130
  34. David Myers, M.D.Billings, MT 591021316943020
  35. David Napoliello, M.D., FACSLewistown, MT 594571326049834
  36. Mark Newbrough, MD FACSGreat Falls, MT 594041225335599
  37. Mark Nichols, M.D.Miles City, MT 593011922196575
  38. Michael O'Connor, MDRonan, MT 598641952367450
  39. Kelly O'Neal, MDSidney, MT 592701629156427
  40. Garth Olds, MDBozeman, MT 597151164427928
  41. Jacob Opfer, M.D.Bozeman, MT 597151790042331
  42. Dana Osborne, M.D.Helena, MT 596011831388644
  43. Rachel Ott, M.D.Billings, MT 591011811214430
  44. David Parks, MDBozeman, MT 597151790829489
  45. Cynthia Payne, M.D.Kalispell, MT 599011720424427
  46. Erik Peltz, DOKalispell, MT 599011669528287
  47. John Pender, MDBillings, MT 591011730174152
  48. Rebecca Phuoc, M.D.Great Falls, MT 594051619395480
  49. John Pickens, M.D.Missoula, MT 598021487793485
  50. John Pickhardt, MDMissoula, MT 598021346283629

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208600000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Montana ranks 19 of 51 per resident

  1. Vermont12
  2. Illinois12
  3. South Carolina12
  4. Montana12
  5. Kansas12
  6. Nebraska12
  7. 50 states and D.C.10

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208600000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

75.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 73.7% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Montana75.0%
  2. United States73.7%

Surgery Physician records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file102 of 136 · 75.0% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file92 · 67.6% here, 58.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more69 · 50.7% here, 54.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 92 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208600000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

136 NPPES records list surgery physician (208600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 12 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Billings has 26 of them (19%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. North Dakota142
  2. Hawaii145
  3. Rhode Island151
  4. District of Columbia158

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina12.0
  2. Illinois12.1
  3. Kansas11.9
  4. Vermont12.2

The largest states

  1. California3,118
  2. Texas2,192
  3. New York2,053
  4. Florida1,887
  5. Pennsylvania1,867

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.