NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Assistant in Colorado

174 NPPES records list surgical assistant with a practice address in Colorado, 3 per 100,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 49. Denver and Colorado Springs have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Colorado license search. Page 4 of 4.

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).

Denver has the most, 31

  1. Denver31
  2. Colorado Springs18
  3. Littleton12
  4. Aurora11
  5. Highlands Ranch8

Surgical Assistant records in Colorado

  1. Tia Swanemyr, CST/CSFAIgnacio, CO 811371164882346
  2. Georgia Thompson, CSFALittleton, CO 801281033623467
  3. Kevin Towner, CFAFirestone, CO 805201780751578
  4. Gregory TrushelHenderson, CO 806401013458116
  5. Sophia Tso, CST, CSFADurango, CO 813011700649886
  6. Amy TurnerColorado Springs, CO 809081235999475
  7. Denise UlepAurora, CO 800131316350630
  8. Jovenar Ulep, SURGICAL ASSISTANTDenver, CO 802061578345401
  9. Jean Vivas Ramirez, SA-CDenver, CO 802471962210575
  10. George Waggoner, CSFADenver, CO 802071801347554
  11. Leann WatsonPueblo, CO 810081295242535
  12. Drew Wegert, CST, CSFAGlenwood Springs, CO 816011811786353
  13. Mary Werner, CSFAStrasburg, CO 801361740356120
  14. Holly Wheatley, CSFABroomfield, CO 800231144167776
  15. Melissa Whipple, CSFADurango, CO 813011932712353
  16. Leslie WhitneyFort Collins, CO 805241568158830
  17. Alice Williams, CSFAColorado Springs, CO 809091851613178
  18. Angie Williams, CSFAMonument, CO 801321679748818
  19. Richard Williams, ATC, OTCFrisco, CO 804431013654219
  20. Ralph WinklerLittleton, CO 801211619314572
  21. Eric Wooll, CSFAColorado Springs, CO 809231629618046
  22. Gregory Wright, CSFAEdgewater, CO 802141609486059
  23. Mark ZacconeThornton, CO 802291093181679
  24. Feng Zhang, MDEnglewood, CO 801131154703122

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

Colorado ranks 5 of 49 per resident

  1. Texas3.7
  2. Kentucky3.6
  3. Virginia3.5
  4. Colorado3.0
  5. Georgia2.9
  6. Idaho2.5
  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. Colorado0.0%
  2. United States0.5%

Surgical Assistant records in Colorado, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 174 · 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 more116 · 66.7% 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

174 NPPES records list surgical assistant (246ZC0007X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Colorado: 3 per 100,000 residents against 1.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Denver has 31 of them (18%).

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. Kentucky164
  2. Tennessee123
  3. Arizona101
  4. Indiana99

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Georgia2.9
  2. Idaho2.5
  3. Virginia3.5
  4. Texas3.7

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.