Surgical Physician Assistant
NUCC 363AS0400X · Physician Assistant
16,380 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 65th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Surgical Physician Assistant ranks 65th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.22% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York; per resident Connecticut leads.
- 16,380
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 65th
- of 690 specialties
- 477
- state-share HHI
- 59.1%
- Part D prescriber share
Connecticut is densest per capita (3.6× the national rate; New York 2.2×); 7.7% of the Physician Assistant category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Surgical Physician Assistant (NUCC 363AS0400X; 59.1% Part D prescribers (9,683 of 16,380); avg 341 Part D claims/prescriber (353rd of 572); Open Payments avg $732/physician (312th of 551; 7,103 paid, $5.2M total); state-share HHI 477; next-larger headcount neighbor General Practice Physician (+458); next-smaller Dental Hygienist (-312)).
Next larger: General Practice Physician (16,838) Next smaller: Dental Hygienist (16,068)
Population-adjusted state index
Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.
Over-indexed vs national rate
- Connecticut 3.6× · 17.7/100k
- New York 2.2× · 10.7/100k
- Maine 2.2× · 10.5/100k
- District of Columbia 1.9× · 9.4/100k
- Colorado 1.9× · 9.4/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Arkansas 0.28× · 1.4/100k
- Mississippi 0.30× · 1.4/100k
- Hawaii 0.40× · 2/100k
- Iowa 0.41× · 2/100k
- North Dakota 0.42× · 2/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 2,096 |
| 2 | Florida | 1,308 |
| 3 | Texas | 1,167 |
| 4 | California | 992 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 846 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 639 |
| 7 | Illinois | 565 |
| 8 | Colorado | 552 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 527 |
| 10 | New Jersey | 507 |
| 11 | Washington | 473 |
| 12 | Georgia | 469 |
| 13 | Arizona | 444 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 443 |
| 15 | Ohio | 408 |
Top Cities for Surgical Physician Assistant
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkNew York | 449 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 288 |
| 3 | PittsburghPennsylvania | 214 |
| 4 | BrooklynNew York | 164 |
| 5 | RochesterNew York | 150 |
| 6 | HartfordConnecticut | 147 |
| 7 | BostonMassachusetts | 146 |
| 8 | PhoenixArizona | 135 |
| 9 | PortlandOregon | 130 |
| 10 | BaltimoreMaryland | 129 |
| 11 | OrlandoFlorida | 128 |
| 12 | ChicagoIllinois | 124 |
Sample Surgical Physician Assistant NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Christiansen, P.A.Portland, OR |
| 2 | Judith Baker, RPA-CHudson, NY |
| 3 | Robert McCord, PAHuntington Station, NY |
| 4 | Timothy McCoy, PA-CToledo, OH |
| 5 | Michael Kuehne, PAToledo, OH |
| 6 | Brenda Hoy, P.A.Clearwater, FL |
| 7 | Lynn Stegall, PA-CMemphis, TN |
| 8 | Caroline Fung, P.A.Portland, OR |
| 9 | Thomas Cureton, PA-CSalt Lake City, UT |
| 10 | Timothy Halstead, P.A.-CSandusky, OH |
| 11 | Kimberley Gangwish, PAGrand Island, NE |
| 12 | Jason Hadenfeldt, P.A.Grand Island, NE |
| 13 | Robert Pope, PA-CSylva, NC |
| 14 | Tricia Johnson, R-PACMorristown, NJ |
| 15 | Jennifer Chavez, PA-COmaha, NE |
| 16 | Deborah Hernandez, PA-CLubbock, TX |
| 17 | Sarah Stamm, PA-COmaha, NE |
| 18 | Christopher Peck, P.A.Ithaca, NY |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Physician Assistant category.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Data sources and methodology
Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About
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