Surgical Assistant providers in the U.S.
4,589 NPPES records list surgical assistant as their primary taxonomy, about 1.4 per 100,000 residents; Florida and Texas have the most per resident. 3 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 246ZC0007X means
246ZC0007X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Specialist/Technologist, Other, Surgical Assistant, in the grouping Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers. 4,589 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A surgical assistant is a skilled practitioner who has undergone formalized education and training as a surgical assistant. The surgical assistant performs surgical functions that include, but are not limited to: retracting, manipulating, suturing, clamping, cauterizing, litigating, and tying tissue; suctioning, irrigating and sponging; positioning the patient; closure of body planes and skin; and participating in hemostasis and volume replacement. Surgical assistants are certified and registered or licensed by the state, or, in states without licensure, certified as surgical assistants by completing appropriate education and training.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Houston has the most, 246
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 49 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 18 | 0.4 |
| Alaska | 11 | 1.5 |
| Arizona | 101 | 1.4 |
| Arkansas | 10 | 0.3 |
| California | 39 | 0.1 |
| Colorado | 174 | 3.0 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 0.0 |
| Delaware | 5 | 0.5 |
| District of Columbia | 14 | 2.1 |
| Florida | 900 | 4.0 |
| Georgia | 325 | 2.9 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 0.2 |
| Idaho | 49 | 2.5 |
| Illinois | 261 | 2.1 |
| Indiana | 99 | 1.4 |
| Iowa | 15 | 0.5 |
| Kansas | 13 | 0.4 |
| Kentucky | 164 | 3.6 |
| Louisiana | 67 | 1.5 |
| Maine | 10 | 0.7 |
| Maryland | 83 | 1.3 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | 0.2 |
| Michigan | 20 | 0.2 |
| Minnesota | 21 | 0.4 |
| Mississippi | 45 | 1.5 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 15 | 0.2 |
| Montana | 11 | 1.0 |
| Nebraska | 7 | 0.4 |
| Nevada | 51 | 1.6 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 0.6 |
| New Jersey | 10 | 0.1 |
| New Mexico | 35 | 1.7 |
| New York | 50 | 0.3 |
| North Carolina | 56 | 0.5 |
| Ohio | 70 | 0.6 |
| Oklahoma | 42 | 1.0 |
| Oregon | 47 | 1.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 41 | 0.3 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 0.2 |
| South Carolina | 40 | 0.7 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 123 | 1.7 |
| Texas | 1,118 | 3.7 |
| Utah | 16 | 0.5 |
| Virginia | 302 | 3.5 |
| Washington | 4 | 0.1 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 0.2 |
| Wisconsin | 63 | 1.1 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 1.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code246ZC0007X · Specialist/Technologist, Other
- Size rank138th of 688 specialties by records (0.06% of all)
- In its family1st of 15 Specialist/Technologist, Other codes, 35.5% of the family
- Part D prescribers3 (0.1% of records)
- Part D claims17 a year per prescriber, on average (474th of 496)
- Industry payments18 physicians paid $16K in 2024, $861 each on average
- Concentration3 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of surgical assistant records
- Skyler Roseman, SURGICAL FAAnchorage, AK1982528444
- Todd Dill, CSAAnchorage, AK1730313446
- Sara Crewdson, SA-CAnchorage, AK1548682552
- Ashliegh Levesque, CSFAAnchorage, AK1003389032
- Sekara Zoromski, CSFAAnchorage, AK1376415299
- Sarah Durbin-HicksAnchorage, AK1740150317
- Ferdinand MendozaAnchorage, AK1427582055
- Megan Rossback, CSFAAnchorage, AK1801749841
- Jessica ZinterPalmer, AK1518728930
- Scott LandrumFairbanks, AK1508538513
- Katelyn Jensen, CSFAFairbanks, AK1396445672
- Carolyn Goss, SA-C, ST-CAlexander City, AL1710156187
- Robert TraoreBessemer, AL1790238202
- Lana Lacy, LPN/CFABirmingham, AL1801147715
- Kendall WoodsBirmingham, AL1407271943
- Coty Webster, SA-CAthens, AL1487162673
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Surgical Assistant headcount concentrate?
4,589 Surgical Assistant NPIs span 52 states; Texas alone holds 1,118. Top metros include Houston, TX; Miami, FL; San Antonio, TX; Sugar Land, TX. Nationally this is 138th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Surgical Assistant's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 18 Surgical Assistant physicians totaling $16K (55 payments; average $861, 243rd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Surgical Assistant Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Surgical Assistant NPIs, 3 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 17 claims and $165 drug cost per prescriber; 474th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.