NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Assistant in Arizona

101 NPPES records list surgical assistant with a practice address in Arizona, 1.4 per 100,000 residents, the 17th highest rate of 49. Tucson and Phoenix have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arizona license search. Page 3 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 246ZC0007X · method

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

Tucson has the most, 30

  1. Tucson30
  2. Phoenix16
  3. Gilbert8
  4. Chandler7
  5. Scottsdale7

Surgical Assistant records in Arizona

  1. Edgar Zazueta Torres, SA-CSahuarita, AZ 856291447025879

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arizona ranks 17 of 49 per resident

  1. Alaska1.5
  2. Louisiana1.5
  3. Indiana1.4
  4. Arizona1.4
  5. Maryland1.3
  6. Wyoming1.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.5% 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. Arizona0.0%
  2. United States0.5%

Surgical Assistant records in Arizona, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 101 · 0.0% here, 0.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more61 · 60.4% here, 55.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

101 NPPES records list surgical assistant (246ZC0007X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arizona: 1.4 per 100,000 residents against 1.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Tucson has 30 of them (30%).

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. Indiana99
  2. Maryland83
  3. Tennessee123
  4. Ohio70

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Louisiana1.5
  2. Alaska1.5
  3. Mississippi1.5
  4. Nevada1.6

The largest states

  1. Texas1,118
  2. Florida900
  3. Georgia325
  4. Virginia302
  5. Illinois261

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.