Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

An orthopaedic surgeon trained in the investigation, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, the sole-proprietor share should be read as an administrative indicator rather than a direct measure of private practice. The field is self-reported in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy because it does not by itself provide a complete picture of practice ownership, employment arrangements, or clinical activity.

By state

New NPI registrations by year

Counts reflect the year each NPI was first issued, among records still active today. The final year is partial: this data covers through 2026-01-11.

Data notes

• The sole-proprietor field is self-reported by the provider in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice.
• A sole-proprietor count shown as <11 is suppressed: the true value is below 11, which could include zero.
• - The count includes active NPI records with this taxonomy as the primary classification, not a complete census of clinicians or clinical capacity.
• - Providers using a different primary taxonomy may not be included in this specialty count.
• Providers are counted once, by their primary taxonomy code only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data Dissemination file, FOIA-disclosable public data under CMS-6060-N. Aggregated by Hero EMR on 2026-08-03; deactivated NPIs excluded; specialty assigned from the primary taxonomy code (NUCC 25.1). Counts below 11 are suppressed. Individual providers are never published. All provider data pages.

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