NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery Physician in Rhode Island

151 NPPES records list surgery physician with a practice address in Rhode Island, 14 per 100,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of 51. Providence and Warwick have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Rhode Island license search. Page 4 of 4.

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

Providence has the most, 91

Surgery Physician records in Rhode Island

  1. Clark Zheng, MDProvidence, RI 029031790477644

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

Rhode Island ranks 7 of 51 per resident

  1. Pennsylvania14
  2. Massachusetts14
  3. New Hampshire14
  4. Rhode Island14
  5. Michigan14
  6. Iowa14
  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.

72.2% 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. Rhode Island72.2%
  2. United States73.7%

Surgery Physician records in Rhode Island, measured

  • In a Medicare file109 of 151 · 72.2% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file78 · 51.7% here, 58.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more94 · 62.3% here, 54.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 78 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

151 NPPES records list surgery physician (208600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Rhode Island: 14 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Providence has 91 of them (60%).

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. Hawaii145
  2. District of Columbia158
  3. North Dakota142
  4. Montana136

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Michigan13.7
  2. Iowa13.6
  3. New Hampshire14.0
  4. Alaska13.4

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.