Trauma Surgery Physician
NUCC 2086S0127X · Surgery
1,010 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 49 states · 262nd of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Trauma Surgery Physician ranks 262nd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.
- 1,010
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 262nd
- of 690 specialties
- 500
- state-share HHI
- 36.1%
- Part D prescriber share
District of Columbia is densest per capita (3× the national rate; Maine 1.9×); 2.1% of the Surgery category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Trauma Surgery Physician (NUCC 2086S0127X; 36.1% Part D prescribers (365 of 1,010); avg 75 Part D claims/prescriber (517th of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (155th of 551; 515 paid, $1.5M total); state-share HHI 500; next-larger headcount neighbor Allergy Physician (+5); next-smaller Pain Medicine Physician (-4)).
Next larger: Allergy Physician (1,015) Next smaller: Pain Medicine Physician (1,006)
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
- District of Columbia 3× · 0.9/100k
- Maine 1.9× · 0.6/100k
- Wisconsin 1.7× · 0.5/100k
- Maryland 1.6× · 0.5/100k
- Missouri 1.6× · 0.5/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Indiana 0.34× · 0.1/100k
- Kentucky 0.44× · 0.1/100k
- Massachusetts 0.57× · 0.2/100k
- Arkansas 0.66× · 0.2/100k
- Utah 0.69× · 0.2/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 111 |
| 2 | Texas | 102 |
| 3 | Florida | 93 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 54 |
| 5 | New York | 53 |
| 6 | Illinois | 42 |
| 7 | Ohio | 40 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 31 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 30 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 30 |
| 11 | Maryland | 29 |
| 12 | Missouri | 29 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 28 |
| 14 | Arizona | 25 |
| 15 | Georgia | 24 |
Top Cities for Trauma Surgery Physician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DallasTexas | 22 |
| 2 | ChicagoIllinois | 20 |
| 3 | BaltimoreMaryland | 18 |
| 4 | NashvilleTennessee | 16 |
| 5 | Saint LouisMissouri | 14 |
| 6 | MadisonWisconsin | 14 |
| 7 | HoustonTexas | 12 |
| 8 | PhoenixArizona | 11 |
| 9 | SacramentoCalifornia | 11 |
| 10 | TampaFlorida | 11 |
| 11 | CamdenNew Jersey | 11 |
| 12 | ColumbusOhio | 11 |
Sample Trauma Surgery Physician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Pessa, M.D.Melbourne, FL |
| 2 | Mary Anne Purtill, M.D.Jackson, MI |
| 3 | Nirav Patel, MDPhoenix, AZ |
| 4 | Stephen Becker, M.D., MBABrick, NJ |
| 5 | David Ramshaw, M.D.Daytona Beach, FL |
| 6 | Thomas West, MD, FACSPlano, TX |
| 7 | Walter Biffl, MDDenver, CO |
| 8 | Michael Kikta, M.D.Rockford, IL |
| 9 | Kendall Boone, M.D.Rockford, IL |
| 10 | Om Sharma, M.D.Toledo, OH |
| 11 | Michael Bard, M.D.Greenville, NC |
| 12 | Bruce Applebaum, M.D.Tyler, TX |
| 13 | Robert Smith, M.D.Gainesville, FL |
| 14 | Frank Werner, MDNorth Kansas City, MO |
| 15 | Patrick McGregor, MDKansas City, MO |
| 16 | Thomas Reardon, MDNorth Kansas City, MO |
| 17 | Gregory Eason, MDNorth Kansas City, MO |
| 18 | Jon Gengler, MDNorth Kansas City, MO |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Surgery category.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read Trauma Surgery Physician's mid-pack national roster?
How does Trauma Surgery Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
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
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 2026-08-27.