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General Surgeons in the United States

Data updated monthly · Last refresh November 2026

33,801 Surgery providers practice across all 50 states and Washington DC, and 51% received drug or device company payments in 2025. California has the most at 3,110. Listings are drawn from federal public records and are not endorsements.

33,801providers
51states
51%with industry payments

Industry payment share ranges from 68% in Mississippi to 16% in Vermont, among states with 25 or more providers.

Surgery providers by state

StateProvidersReceived payments
Surgery in California3,11049%
Surgery in Texas2,19558%
Surgery in New York2,06850%
Surgery in Florida1,90859%
Surgery in Pennsylvania1,84951%
Surgery in Illinois1,52049%
Surgery in Michigan1,36151%
Surgery in Ohio1,23854%
Surgery in North Carolina1,17355%
Surgery in Massachusetts99639%
Surgery in Georgia98961%
Surgery in Virginia86246%
Surgery in Washington79238%
Surgery in Arizona76954%
Surgery in Minnesota75034%
Surgery in New Jersey73754%
Surgery in Wisconsin72536%
Surgery in Missouri71159%
Surgery in Maryland66947%
Surgery in South Carolina64364%
Surgery in Tennessee63356%
Surgery in Indiana62055%
Surgery in Colorado60851%
Surgery in Oregon52643%
Surgery in Kentucky46058%
Surgery in Alabama44167%
Surgery in Iowa43650%
Surgery in Louisiana43262%
Surgery in Connecticut36046%
Surgery in Oklahoma34955%
Surgery in Kansas34849%
Surgery in Arkansas28059%
Surgery in Mississippi26268%
Surgery in Utah25355%
Surgery in Nevada24354%
Surgery in New Mexico23839%
Surgery in Nebraska23063%
Surgery in Maine22926%
Surgery in West Virginia20548%
Surgery in New Hampshire20036%
Surgery in Idaho18048%
Surgery in Washington DC15255%
Surgery in Hawaii14846%
Surgery in Rhode Island14844%
Surgery in North Dakota13943%
Surgery in Montana13746%
Surgery in South Dakota11646%
Surgery in Delaware11063%
Surgery in Alaska9844%
Surgery in Vermont8016%
Surgery in Wyoming7543%

Common questions

How many Surgery providers are there in the United States?

There are 33,801 Surgery providers with active NPI records across all 50 states and Washington DC, according to federal NPPES data refreshed monthly. California has the most at 3,110.

What share of Surgery providers received drug or device company payments?

17,325 of 33,801 Surgery providers nationally (51%) received at least one payment from a drug or device company in 2025, according to the federal Open Payments program. The share is highest in Mississippi at 68% and lowest in Vermont at 16%.

Where does this data come from?

Provider counts come from the federal NPPES registry and CMS Doctors and Clinicians files. Payment figures come from the CMS Open Payments program for calendar year 2025. The directory refreshes monthly.

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Sources: NPPES (CMS), Doctors and Clinicians national files, CMS Open Payments 2025. Updated monthly. Records are public federal data and are not verified credentials, licensure checks, or endorsements. This directory is informational and not medical advice. How we build this directory.