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Healthcare providers — Orthopedic Surgery

CMS NPPES registration records for the Orthopedic Surgery specialty — national supply, per-state distribution, and national MIPS quality context, with field-level provenance back to the federal source.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry — supply by state·Snapshot: 2026-05-06·Method: nppes-supply-by-state/v2026.05·ID: nppes-supply/orthopedic-surgery
30,447Active Orthopedic Surgery providers (NPPES)As of 2026-05-06 · across all 50 states + DC
CaliforniaState with the most providers2,802 active providers
51States + DC coveredEvery jurisdiction in the NPPES supply file

30,447 active Orthopedic Surgery providers are registered in the CMS NPPES NPI Registry across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, snapshotted 2026-05-06. The table below shows how that supply is distributed by state — both the raw active-provider count and the population-adjusted density (providers per 100,000 residents, U.S. Census PEP). Each record carries field-level provenance back to its federal source.

Orthopedic Surgery providers by state

All 51 jurisdictions, ranked by active-provider count. Density rank is 1 = highest providers per 100,000 residents. Population denominators are U.S. Census Bureau PEP V2025 estimates.

Orthopedic Surgery active provider supply by U.S. state, NPPES snapshot 2026-05-06
StateActive providersPer 100kDensity rank
California2,8027.150/51
Texas2,0406.551/51
Florida1,8277.847/51
New York1,6608.442/51
Pennsylvania1,4371113/51
Illinois1,1649.228/51
North Carolina1,15210.416/51
Ohio1,1469.622/51
Michigan1,08010.715/51
Georgia9158.244/51
Massachusetts83911.810/51
New Jersey8358.835/51
Washington81910.318/51
Minnesota74612.97/51
Virginia7338.343/51
Wisconsin73312.39/51
Colorado67111.312/51
Arizona6498.638/51
Indiana6349.229/51
Missouri63210.119/51
Tennessee6278.737/51
Maryland5729.130/51
South Carolina5139.427/51
Connecticut45412.48/51
Alabama4368.540/51
Kentucky4098.933/51
Louisiana4068.834/51
Oregon4029.425/51
Oklahoma3588.736/51
Utah316932/51
Iowa3069.424/51
Kansas2709.131/51
Arkansas246845/51
Nevada2437.448/51
Mississippi2137.249/51
Nebraska20910.417/51
New Hampshire19113.65/51
Idaho1899.423/51
Maine18913.56/51
New Mexico1687.946/51
Rhode Island15213.74/51
West Virginia1488.441/51
Montana13111.511/51
South Dakota129143/51
Hawaii1238.539/51
Alaska11014.92/51
Delaware10610.120/51
Wyoming10217.41/51
District of Columbia771114/51
North Dakota779.721/51
Vermont619.426/51
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry + U.S. Census PEP V2025·Snapshot: 2026-05-06·Method: nppes-supply-by-state/v2026.05·ID: nppes-supply/orthopedic-surgery

Quality context: MIPS scores

Fonteum publishes the national CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) MIPS score distribution. A per-specialty cross-tab is not yet available in the public QPP release, so the figures below are national across all participating clinicians — not specific to Orthopedic Surgery.

83.06National mean MIPS scorePY2023 · all clinicians
85.5%High performers (score ≥ 75)477,137 clinicians scored
2.4%Penalty track (score < 18.75)Downward Medicare adjustment
A MIPS score reflects documentation and reporting completeness within the QPP program — not clinical outcomes. To look up an individual clinician’s MIPS score by NPI, use the MIPS score lookup. For the full national distribution and methodology, read the MIPS score distribution study (PY2023).
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program — MIPS individual scores (PY2023)·Snapshot: 2026-05-25·Method: qpp-mips/v1·ID: cms-qpp-mips
Sample provider records
  • NPI 1003001785 · TULSA, OK
  • NPI 1003002890 · BRIGHTON, CO
  • NPI 1003010919 · COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
  • NPI 1003012493 · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
  • NPI 1003013947 · NASHVILLE, TN
  • NPI 1003017286 · FAIRFAX, VA
  • NPI 1003017682 · LEESBURG, VA
  • NPI 1003017971 · SACRAMENTO, CA
  • NPI 1003018086 · BROWNSVILLE, TX
  • NPI 1003021825 · NAPLES, FL
  • NPI 1003022591 · CHARLOTTE, NC
  • NPI 1003024407 · LOS ANGELES, CA
  • NPI 1003024894 · ALLIANCE, OH
  • NPI 1003029034 · POST FALLS, ID
  • NPI 1003029828 · AUSTIN, TX
  • NPI 1003030040 · UPPER ARLINGTON, OH
  • NPI 1003031261 · NASHVILLE, TN
  • NPI 1003033119 · EAST PROVIDENCE, RI
  • NPI 1003036997 · KANSAS CITY, MO
  • NPI 1003041757 · CROTON ON HUDSON, NY
  • NPI 1003043506 · VANCLEAVE, MS
  • NPI 1003044033 · KNOXVILLE, TN
  • NPI 1003044462 · CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI
  • NPI 1003045683 · WOODSIDE, CA
  • NPI 1003046095 · DENVER, CO
  • NPI 1003053828 · LAS VEGAS, NV
  • NPI 1003058660 · JACKSONVILLE, FL
  • NPI 1003059510 · SARTELL, MN
  • NPI 1003062514 · SKOKIE, IL
  • NPI 1003063165 · SEATTLE, WA
  • NPI 1003068230 · DAYTON, OH
  • NPI 1003071234 · AMHERST, NY
  • NPI 1003071390 · NEW CITY, NY
  • NPI 1003072604 · PLANO, TX
  • NPI 1003074733 · SUMTER, SC
  • NPI 1003082017 · EVERETT, WA

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Frequently asked questions

How many Orthopedic Surgery providers are there in the United States?

Fonteum tracks the active Orthopedic Surgery providers registered in the CMS NPPES NPI Registry across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The national total and per-state breakdown are shown in the distribution table on this page, sourced from the NPPES supply file.

Which states have the most Orthopedic Surgery providers?

By active-provider count, the states with the most Orthopedic Surgery providers are California, Texas, Florida. California has the most (2,802 active providers). Full per-state counts are in the distribution table above.

Where are Orthopedic Surgery providers most scarce relative to population?

Adjusted for population (providers per 100,000 residents, U.S. Census PEP), Texas, California, Mississippi have the lowest Orthopedic Surgery provider density in the current snapshot. Density rank is shown for every state in the table above.

Does Fonteum report MIPS quality scores for Orthopedic Surgery?

Fonteum publishes the national CMS Quality Payment Program MIPS score distribution (mean 83.06, 85.5% of clinicians scored at or above the high-performer threshold of 75). A per-specialty cross-tab is not yet available in the public QPP release, so these figures are national rather than specific to Orthopedic Surgery. Individual clinician scores can be looked up by NPI with the MIPS score lookup tool.

What does "active provider" mean in this data?

An active provider is an NPI record in the CMS NPPES NPI Registry whose primary taxonomy classifies it under the Orthopedic Surgery specialty, in the snapshot Fonteum ingested. The count reflects registered providers, not practicing headcount or facility affiliations.

Where does this Orthopedic Surgery provider data come from?

Provider counts come from the CMS National Provider Identifier (NPPES) registry; population denominators for the per-100k density come from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP V2025). Every figure carries field-level provenance back to its federal source. See the methodology page and the NPPES dataset page for full detail.

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