NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Assistant in Montana

11 NPPES records list surgical assistant with a practice address in Montana, 1 per 100,000 residents, the 23rd highest rate of 49. Anaconda and Billings have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Montana license search.

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).

Anaconda has the most, 3

  1. Anaconda3
  2. Billings2
  3. Kalispell2
  4. Great Falls1
  5. Lakeside1

Surgical Assistant records in Montana

  1. Paige Bahr, CSFAAnaconda, MT 597111093535114
  2. Victor Bonilla, SA-CGreat Falls, MT 594051689080061
  3. Tomi Briggeman, SA-CSKalispell, MT 599011881096105
  4. Brittany Lorengo, SA-CAnaconda, MT 597111386499168
  5. Marsha Lyles, CST/CSFABillings, MT 591011386913903
  6. Corrina Main, CST/CFABillings, MT 591021841533403
  7. Jonni Pekus, CST/CSFAWhitefish, MT 599371376896761
  8. Kimberly RingLakeside, MT 599221518365170
  9. Kayla StingerKalispell, MT 599011023890852
  10. Wendy StockwellSidney, MT 592701881073179
  11. Lexi Talbott, SA-CAnaconda, MT 597111598511941

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

Montana ranks 23 of 49 per resident

  1. Oregon1.1
  2. Wisconsin1.1
  3. Oklahoma1.0
  4. Montana1.0
  5. South Carolina0.7
  6. Maine0.7
  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. Montana0.0%
  2. United States0.5%

Surgical Assistant records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 11 · 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 more7 · 63.6% 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

11 NPPES records list surgical assistant (246ZC0007X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 1 per 100,000 residents against 1.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Anaconda has 3 of them (27%).

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. Alaska11
  2. Arkansas10
  3. Maine10
  4. New Jersey10

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oklahoma1.0
  2. Wisconsin1.1
  3. Oregon1.1
  4. South Carolina0.7

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.