NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Urology Physician in Montana

53 NPPES records list urology physician with a practice address in Montana, 4.7 per 100,000 residents, the 15th highest rate of 51. Billings and Kalispell have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Montana license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208800000X · method

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

Billings has the most, 13

  1. Billings13
  2. Kalispell11
  3. Great Falls8
  4. Missoula8
  5. Bozeman5

Urology Physician records in Montana

  1. John Wade, MDBillings, MT 591021558479295
  2. Karl Westenfelder, M.D.Missoula, MT 598081174502173
  3. Christopher Wicher, M.D.Missoula, MT 598081770779225

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208800000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Montana ranks 15 of 51 per resident

  1. Maryland5.0
  2. Illinois5.0
  3. New Jersey4.8
  4. Montana4.7
  5. North Carolina4.7
  6. West Virginia4.6
  7. 50 states and D.C.4.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208800000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.4% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 79.8% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Montana77.4%
  2. United States79.8%

Urology Physician records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file41 of 53 · 77.4% here, 79.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file37 · 69.8% here, 66.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more24 · 45.3% here, 57.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year2009 · the 37 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208800000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

53 NPPES records list urology physician (208800000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 4.7 per 100,000 residents against 4.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Billings has 13 of them (25%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. District of Columbia52
  2. Hawaii57
  3. New Mexico58
  4. South Dakota48

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Carolina4.7
  2. New Jersey4.8
  3. West Virginia4.6
  4. Florida4.5

The largest states

  1. California1,524
  2. New York1,091
  3. Florida1,020
  4. Texas960
  5. Pennsylvania663

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.