Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician vs Pediatrics Physician

Pediatrics Physician has 58.4 times as many registry records as Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician: 74,895 against 1,283. Each count is the NPPES records whose primary taxonomy is the specialty, so it measures how providers describe their main practice, not everyone trained in it.

CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census population estimates · method

Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician: 1,283 records in 52 states

California160
New York112
Texas89
Massachusetts70
Ohio68

Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician nationwide →

Pediatrics Physician: 74,895 records in 56 states

California9,272
New York5,795
Texas5,641
Florida3,996
Pennsylvania3,382

Pediatrics Physician nationwide →

By state, with records per 100,000 residents

State	Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician	Pediatrics Physician	Per 100,000 (first)	Per 100,000 (second)
California	160	9,272	0.4	23.8
New York	112	5,795	0.6	29.6
Texas	89	5,641	0.3	18.5
Florida	49	3,996	0.2	17.7
Pennsylvania	41	3,382	0.3	26.1
Illinois	41	3,176	0.3	25.3
Ohio	68	2,972	0.6	25.2
Massachusetts	70	2,628	1.0	37.5
North Carolina	32	2,356	0.3	21.7
Georgia	24	2,258	0.2	20.5
New Jersey	41	2,181	0.4	23.5
Michigan	34	2,180	0.3	21.7
Virginia	39	2,002	0.5	23.2
Maryland	25	1,842	0.4	29.8
Washington	37	1,753	0.5	22.4
Missouri	27	1,560	0.4	25.2
Arizona	19	1,309	0.3	17.6
Minnesota	15	1,288	0.3	22.4
Tennessee	25	1,255	0.4	17.6
Wisconsin	15	1,203	0.3	20.4
Colorado	29	1,155	0.5	19.7
South Carolina	35	1,136	0.7	21.1
Indiana	22	1,136	0.3	16.6
Connecticut	17	1,043	0.5	28.8
Louisiana	8	917	0.2	20.0
Oregon	30	861	0.7	20.3
Kentucky	11	874	0.2	19.3
Alabama	8	817	0.2	16.0
Oklahoma	15	707	0.4	17.4
Utah	4	670	0.1	19.6
District of Columbia	6	593	0.9	87.3
Arkansas	16	509	0.5	16.6
Iowa	11	502	0.3	15.7
New Mexico	3	453	0.1	21.4
Kansas	10	421	0.3	14.3
Mississippi	9	417	0.3	14.2
Hawaii	11	410	0.8	28.6
Nebraska	7	391	0.4	19.8
Nevada	6	380	0.2	11.9
Rhode Island	13	330	1.2	30.1
New Hampshire	7	330	0.5	23.5
Maine	11	311	0.8	22.3
Delaware	6	290	0.6	28.1
West Virginia	3	281	0.2	15.9
Idaho	4	223	0.2	11.4
Vermont	6	181	0.9	28.0
Alaska	5	167	0.7	22.8
Montana	1	153	0.1	13.5
South Dakota	2	146	0.2	15.9
North Dakota	1	112	0.1	14.3
Wyoming	1	80	0.2	13.7

Source: CMS NPPES (NPPES files on CMS.gov), primary NUCC taxonomy by practice state; 2023 population estimates (census.gov).

Common questions

How many Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician providers are there vs Pediatrics Physician?

There are 1,283 Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician and 74,895 Pediatrics Physician records in the CMS NPPES registry, counted by primary taxonomy.

Which specialty is spread across more states?

Pediatrics Physician has records in 56 states and territories, against 52.

Where is the data from?

Provider counts are from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). Per-capita rates use 2023 Census population estimates.

Two specialties are not substitutes: scope of practice, training and the conditions treated differ. More comparisons →

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of the NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026.