Vascular Surgery Physician
NUCC 2086S0129X · Surgery
4,362 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 138th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Vascular Surgery Physician ranks 138th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.06% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.
- 4,362
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 138th
- of 690 specialties
- 428
- state-share HHI
- 69.2%
- Part D prescriber share
District of Columbia is densest per capita (2.4× the national rate; New Hampshire 1.9×); 8.9% of the Surgery category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Vascular Surgery Physician (NUCC 2086S0129X; 69.2% Part D prescribers (3,020 of 4,362); avg 211 Part D claims/prescriber (424th of 572); Open Payments avg $6K/physician (77th of 551; 3,067 paid, $18.9M total); state-share HHI 428; next-larger headcount neighbor Adult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse (+279); next-smaller Registered Respiratory Therapist (-15)).
Next larger: Adult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse (4,641) Next smaller: Registered Respiratory Therapist (4,347)
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 2.4× · 3.1/100k
- New Hampshire 1.9× · 2.4/100k
- Connecticut 1.6× · 2/100k
- Nebraska 1.5× · 2/100k
- Massachusetts 1.4× · 1.8/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 0.34× · 0.4/100k
- Kansas 0.45× · 0.6/100k
- Arkansas 0.46× · 0.6/100k
- North Dakota 0.59× · 0.8/100k
- Mississippi 0.63× · 0.8/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 463 |
| 2 | Florida | 334 |
| 3 | New York | 324 |
| 4 | Texas | 263 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 202 |
| 6 | Ohio | 190 |
| 7 | Illinois | 158 |
| 8 | Georgia | 150 |
| 9 | New Jersey | 148 |
| 10 | Michigan | 147 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 127 |
| 12 | Virginia | 116 |
| 13 | Washington | 116 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 107 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 105 |
Top Cities for Vascular Surgery Physician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkNew York | 62 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 50 |
| 3 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 48 |
| 4 | ClevelandOhio | 44 |
| 5 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 43 |
| 6 | BostonMassachusetts | 42 |
| 7 | BrooklynNew York | 40 |
| 8 | ChicagoIllinois | 38 |
| 9 | BaltimoreMaryland | 38 |
| 10 | DallasTexas | 36 |
| 11 | AtlantaGeorgia | 32 |
| 12 | Saint LouisMissouri | 32 |
Sample Vascular Surgery Physician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Arun Goyal, MDHawthorne, NY |
| 2 | Sateesh Babu, MDMount Kisco, NY |
| 3 | Stephen Hill, M.D.Roanoke, VA |
| 4 | Akula Krishna, M.D.Schenectady, NY |
| 5 | Sheela Patel, MDSan Francisco, CA |
| 6 | Stephen Ball, MDGainesville, FL |
| 7 | Pravin Shah, MDHawthorne, NY |
| 8 | Jeffrey Byrnett, M.D.Burlington, NC |
| 9 | Romeo Mateo, MDHawthorne, NY |
| 10 | Julius Fulenwider, MDGainesville, GA |
| 11 | Nikhil Mehta, MD FACSHagerstown, MD |
| 12 | Benjamin Makamson, MDMobile, AL |
| 13 | Mohammad Afridi, M.D.Toledo, OH |
| 14 | Mark Deatherage, M.D.Grants Pass, OR |
| 15 | Athanassios Tsoukas, M.D., FACSMiami, FL |
| 16 | Glenn Esses, M.D.Mobile, AL |
| 17 | Howard Katzman, M.D.Miami, FL |
| 18 | Ralph Pfeiffer, M.D.Mobile, AL |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Surgery category.
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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