Transplant Surgery Physician providers in the U.S.
1,051 NPPES records list transplant surgery physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.3 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Nebraska have the most per resident. 560 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 204F00000X by practice state, loaded Aug 27, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 56
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 204F00000X by practice city, loaded Aug 27, 2026.
All 47 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 10 | 0.2 |
| Arizona | 27 | 0.4 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 0.1 |
| California | 103 | 0.3 |
| Colorado | 19 | 0.3 |
| Connecticut | 12 | 0.3 |
| Delaware | 3 | 0.3 |
| District of Columbia | 15 | 2.2 |
| Florida | 66 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | 35 | 0.3 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 0.3 |
| Illinois | 61 | 0.5 |
| Indiana | 17 | 0.2 |
| Iowa | 15 | 0.5 |
| Kansas | 3 | 0.1 |
| Kentucky | 10 | 0.2 |
| Louisiana | 16 | 0.3 |
| Maine | 3 | 0.2 |
| Maryland | 18 | 0.3 |
| Massachusetts | 35 | 0.5 |
| Michigan | 15 | 0.1 |
| Minnesota | 25 | 0.4 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 0.1 |
| Missouri | 14 | 0.2 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 14 | 0.7 |
| Nevada | 5 | 0.2 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0.1 |
| New Jersey | 16 | 0.2 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0.0 |
| New York | 99 | 0.5 |
| North Carolina | 21 | 0.2 |
| Ohio | 50 | 0.4 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 0.2 |
| Oregon | 8 | 0.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 66 | 0.5 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | 17 | 0.3 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 0.4 |
| Tennessee | 28 | 0.4 |
| Texas | 82 | 0.3 |
| Utah | 13 | 0.4 |
| Vermont | 2 | 0.3 |
| Virginia | 15 | 0.2 |
| Washington | 22 | 0.3 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 0.3 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | 0.6 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code204F00000X · Transplant Surgery
- Size rank258th of 690 specialties by records (0.01% of all)
- Part D prescribers560 (53.3% of records)
- Part D claims283 a year per prescriber, on average (382nd of 572)
- Industry payments565 physicians paid $2.6M in 2024, $5K 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 transplant surgery physician records
- John Leone, M.D.Tampa, FL1457354490
- Francisco Badosa, M.D.Wynnewood, PA1184627143
- Cass Franklin, M.D.Des Moines, IA1760487151
- Jeffrey Brink, M.D.Phoenix, AZ1417952516
- Lawrence Koep, M.D.Phoenix, AZ1215932322
- James Cashman, M.D.Phoenix, AZ1568467678
- Kenneth Taylor, MDAtlanta, GA1053316109
- John Smith, MDWichita, KS1669470290
- Thomas Fishbein, MDWashington, DC1225036072
- Amitabh Gautam, MDBoston, MA1750389565
- Lynt Johnson, MDWashington, DC1114926565
- Kevin Charpentier, M.D.Brockton, MA1720087919
- Anne Lally, M.D.Hartford, CT1891794087
- Matthew Brown, M.D.Hartford, CT1457350696
- Amy Lu, MDTampa, FL1821098641
- Elizabeth Squiers, M.D.Half Moon Bay, CA1871593509
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Transplant Surgery Physician's mid-pack national roster?
1,051 CMS-registered Transplant Surgery Physician providers sit across 48 states; California leads with 103. Leading metros: New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA. Rank 258th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Transplant Surgery Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 565 Transplant Surgery Physician physicians receiving $2.6M across 5,292 payments (average $5K; 101st of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Transplant Surgery Physician NPIs, 560 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 283 claims and $80K drug cost per prescriber; 382nd of 572 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 loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.