NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Oncology Physician providers in the U.S.

1,982 NPPES records list surgical oncology physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.6 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and New York have the most per resident. 1,237 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2086X0206X · method

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

What taxonomy code 2086X0206X means

2086X0206X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Surgery, Surgical Oncology, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 1,982 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

A surgical oncologist is a well-qualified surgeon who has obtained additional training and experience in the multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of cancer patients, and devotes a major portion of his or her professional practice to these activities and cancer research.

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

  1. District of Columbia2.4
  2. New York1.1
  3. Connecticut1.1
  4. Vermont1.1
  5. Tennessee0.9
  6. Massachusetts0.9
  7. Maryland0.8
  8. North Dakota0.8
  9. 50 states and D.C.0.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086X0206X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

New York has the most, 101

  1. New York, NY101
  2. Houston, TX72
  3. Dallas, TX40
  4. Los Angeles, CA38
  5. Chicago, IL38
  6. Boston, MA32
  7. Columbus, OH32
  8. Nashville, TN28

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086X0206X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama280.5
Alaska20.3
Arizona330.4
Arkansas140.5
California2500.6
Colorado270.5
Connecticut381.1
Delaware50.5
District of Columbia162.4
Florida1380.6
Georgia420.4
Hawaii60.4
Idaho30.2
Illinois710.6
Indiana210.3
Iowa160.5
Kansas90.3
Kentucky330.7
Louisiana270.6
Maine60.4
Maryland510.8
Massachusetts610.9
Michigan330.3
Minnesota150.3
Mississippi40.1
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Missouri290.5
Montana40.4
Nebraska100.5
Nevada80.3
New Hampshire20.1
New Jersey690.7
New Mexico80.4
New York2091.1
North Carolina460.4
North Dakota60.8
Ohio840.7
Oklahoma110.3
Oregon140.3
Pennsylvania920.7
Rhode Island70.6
South Carolina220.4
South Dakota10.1
Tennessee620.9
Texas2060.7
Utah60.2
Vermont71.1
Virginia410.5
Washington350.4
West Virginia30.2
Wisconsin420.7

In federal data

  • NUCC code2086X0206X · Surgery
  • Size rank205th of 688 specialties by records (0.03% of all)
  • In its family4th of 9 Surgery codes, 4% of the family
  • Part D prescribers1,237 (62.4% of records)
  • Part D claims87 a year per prescriber, on average (361st of 496)
  • Industry payments1,132 physicians paid $4.8M in 2024, $4K each on average
  • Concentration7 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 oncology physician records

  1. Madhu Prasad, M.D.Anchorage, AK1144204462
  2. Charles Portera, MDAnchorage, AK1467412734
  3. Anna Knight, MDHomewood, AL1972846632
  4. Samuel Douglas, M.D.Mountain Brk, AL1811308257
  5. Kirby Bland, MDBirmingham, AL1487609632
  6. Helen KrontirasBirmingham, AL1821026675
  7. Marshall UristBirmingham, AL1982626230
  8. Thomas WangBirmingham, AL1467563486
  9. Taranjit Arora, MDBirmingham, AL1093924409
  10. Catherine ParkerBirmingham, AL1558528737
  11. Annabelle Fonseca, MDBirmingham, AL1073765269
  12. Brenessa LindemanBirmingham, AL1902049273
  13. John RoseBirmingham, AL1952625907
  14. Kristy BromanBirmingham, AL1356668842
  15. Rachael LancasterBirmingham, AL1053639351
  16. Sophie Dream, MDBirmingham, AL1588906804

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

Where does the large Surgical Oncology Physician headcount concentrate?

1,982 Surgical Oncology Physician NPIs span 51 states; California alone holds 250. Top metros include New York, NY; Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA. Nationally this is 205th of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Surgical Oncology Physician's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1,132 Surgical Oncology Physician physicians totaling $4.8M (8,823 payments; average $4K, 101st of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Surgical Oncology Physician Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Surgical Oncology Physician NPIs, 1,237 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 87 claims and $15K drug cost per prescriber; 361st 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.