Surgical Technologist
1,956 active US providers register Surgical Technologist as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.02% of every provider in the registry, and the 292nd largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 246ZS0410X
- Grouping
- Technologists, Technicians & Other Technical Service Providers
- Classification
- Specialist/Technologist, Other
- Specialization
- Surgical Technologist
- Active providers
- 1,956
- States covered
- 45 of 51
What the code means
Surgical technologists are allied health professionals, who are an integral part of the team of medical practitioners providing surgical care to patients. Surgical technologists work under the supervision of a surgeon to facilitate the safe and effective conduct of invasive surgical procedures, ensuring that the operating room environment is safe, that equipment functions properly, and that the operative procedure is conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety. Surgical technologists possess expertise in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique and combine the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a physician's performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
Definition quoted verbatim from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 25.1. Not paraphrased.
Where they are
Counted by practice location, not by mailing address or by licence state. A provider practising across a state line is counted where they practise.
| State | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 388 | |
| Tennessee | 227 | |
| Illinois | 132 | |
| Indiana | 130 | |
| Florida | 126 | |
| Colorado | 101 | |
| Georgia | 93 | |
| Arizona | 70 | |
| Kentucky | 70 | |
| Wisconsin | 68 | |
| Oklahoma | 53 | |
| California | 51 | |
| Nevada | 47 | |
| Idaho | 39 | |
| Ohio | 38 |
Showing the 15 largest of 45 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
1,680 of these are people and 276 are organisations, so 14% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2009, and 162 registered in the last five years, 8% of the current population.
That is a slow-growing code, which usually means an established field replacing retirements rather than expanding.
Where the practices are
By practice-location city. City counts are noisier than state counts, because a large employer files one address for many providers.
- BRENTWOOD, TN147
- HOUSTON, TX106
- LAFAYETTE, IN82
- NASHVILLE, TN59
- DALLAS, TX46
- TULSA, OK41
- NORMAL, IL35
- FORT WORTH, TX33
- MIAMI, FL29
- APPLETON, WI26
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Surgical Technologist most often carry these secondary taxonomies as well. This is the closest thing the registry has to a map of which specialties overlap in practice, and it is not published anywhere else.
| Also listed | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Surgical Assistant | 13 | 0.7% |
| Electroneurodiagnostic Specialist/Technologist | 12 | 0.6% |
| Other Specialist/Technologist | 9 | 0.5% |
| Athletic Trainer | 8 | 0.4% |
| Surgical Physician Assistant | 6 | 0.3% |
| Specialist | 4 | 0.2% |
| Registered Nurse | 4 | 0.2% |
| Licensed Practical Nurse | 4 | 0.2% |
Nearby specialties
Other taxonomies NUCC files under Specialist/Technologist, Other.
- Other Specialist/Technologist2,425
- Medical Art Specialist/Technologist262
- Electroneurodiagnostic Specialist/Technologist4,801
- Surgical Assistant5,268
Looking up a specific provider
These counts come from the monthly NPPES file. To check one provider, use their NPI: the lookup reads the live registry and shows whether the identifier is still active, which the monthly file cannot tell you about the last few weeks.
Counts from npidata_pfile_20050523-20260712.csv, built 2026-08-09. Primary taxonomy only, deactivated identifiers excluded.