Surgical Physician Assistant providers in the U.S.
17,456 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant as their primary taxonomy, about 5.2 per 100,000 residents; Connecticut and Maine have the most per resident. 10,174 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 363AS0400X means
363AS0400X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Physician Assistant, Surgical, in the grouping Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers. 17,456 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
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 363AS0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 454
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 201 | 3.9 |
| Alaska | 42 | 5.7 |
| Arizona | 420 | 5.7 |
| Arkansas | 44 | 1.4 |
| California | 1,075 | 2.8 |
| Colorado | 699 | 11.9 |
| Connecticut | 808 | 22.3 |
| Delaware | 61 | 5.9 |
| District of Columbia | 94 | 13.8 |
| Florida | 1,444 | 6.4 |
| Georgia | 531 | 4.8 |
| Hawaii | 34 | 2.4 |
| Idaho | 89 | 4.5 |
| Illinois | 599 | 4.8 |
| Indiana | 164 | 2.4 |
| Iowa | 58 | 1.8 |
| Kansas | 114 | 3.9 |
| Kentucky | 117 | 2.6 |
| Louisiana | 155 | 3.4 |
| Maine | 205 | 14.7 |
| Maryland | 397 | 6.4 |
| Massachusetts | 516 | 7.4 |
| Michigan | 325 | 3.2 |
| Minnesota | 227 | 4.0 |
| Mississippi | 48 | 1.6 |
| Missouri | 176 | 2.8 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 77 | 6.8 |
| Nebraska | 126 | 6.4 |
| Nevada | 105 | 3.3 |
| New Hampshire | 125 | 8.9 |
| New Jersey | 558 | 6.0 |
| New Mexico | 69 | 3.3 |
| New York | 2,152 | 11.0 |
| North Carolina | 372 | 3.4 |
| North Dakota | 12 | 1.5 |
| Ohio | 395 | 3.4 |
| Oklahoma | 111 | 2.7 |
| Oregon | 362 | 8.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 832 | 6.4 |
| Rhode Island | 70 | 6.4 |
| South Carolina | 295 | 5.5 |
| South Dakota | 40 | 4.4 |
| Tennessee | 297 | 4.2 |
| Texas | 1,350 | 4.4 |
| Utah | 145 | 4.2 |
| Vermont | 34 | 5.3 |
| Virginia | 278 | 3.2 |
| Washington | 609 | 7.8 |
| West Virginia | 79 | 4.5 |
| Wisconsin | 287 | 4.9 |
| Wyoming | 29 | 5.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code363AS0400X · Physician Assistant
- Size rank63rd of 688 specialties by records (0.24% of all)
- In its family3rd of 3 Physician Assistant codes, 7.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers10,174 (58.3% of records)
- Part D claims304 a year per prescriber, on average (226th of 496)
- Industry payments7,578 physicians paid $5.3M in 2024, $704 each on average
- Concentration8 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 physician assistant records
- Jonathan Metzger, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTAnchorage, AK1386954709
- Samantha Smith, PA-C, ATCAnchorage, AK1295184703
- Susan Hartmann, PA-CAnchorage, AK1104555408
- Eric Salinas, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTAnchorage, AK1225307341
- Sammy Leos, PA-C, DSCElmendorf Afb, AK1689004855
- Ashley Dalessandro, PA-CElmendorf Afb, AK1639670938
- Matthew Ritter, PA-SAnchorage, AK1891639605
- Richard Miller, PACAnchorage, AK1902895154
- Royce Morgan, PA-CAnchorage, AK1417939059
- Timothy Faggionato, PA-CAnchorage, AK1437194990
- David Wonchala, PA-CAnchorage, AK1609803089
- James Welker, PA-CAnchorage, AK1215962022
- Lance Baughman, PAAnchorage, AK1639195050
- Candace Hickel, PA-CAnchorage, AK1497907554
- Darcie Sorensen, PA-CAnchorage, AK1154657054
- Brenton Stockwell, PA-CAnchorage, AK1568767093
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Surgical Physician Assistant headcount concentrate?
17,456 Surgical Physician Assistant NPIs span 54 states; New York alone holds 2,152. Top metros include New York, NY; Houston, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; Aurora, CO. Nationally this is 63rd of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Surgical Physician Assistant's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 7,578 Surgical Physician Assistant physicians totaling $5.3M (66,057 payments; average $704, 259th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Surgical Physician Assistant Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Surgical Physician Assistant NPIs, 10,174 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 304 claims and $30K drug cost per prescriber; 226th 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.