Acupuncturist

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 171100000X

33,339 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 48th of 690 specialties by headcount.

33,339

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

10,514 providers

$794

Open Pay avg

297th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Acupuncturist ranks 48th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.47% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Oregon leads.

33,339
NPPES providers in specialty: 48th
of 690 specialties: 1303
state-share HHI: 1.1%
Part D prescriber share

Oregon is densest per capita (3.9× the national rate; California 2.7×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Acupuncturist (NUCC 171100000X; 1.1% Part D prescribers (363 of 33,339); avg 797 Part D claims/prescriber (193rd of 567); Open Payments avg $794/physician (297th of 552; 109 paid, $87K total); state-share HHI 1,303; next-larger headcount neighbor Surgery Physician (+2,860); next-smaller Adult Health Nurse Practitioner (-3,820)).

Next larger: Surgery Physician (36,199) Next smaller: Adult Health Nurse Practitioner (29,519)

Population-adjusted state index

Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.

Over-indexed vs national rate

Oregon 3.9× · 38.6/100k
California 2.7× · 27/100k
Hawaii 2.7× · 26.9/100k
New Mexico 2.3× · 22.7/100k
Vermont 2.2× · 22.1/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Mississippi 0.03× · 0.3/100k
Alabama 0.04× · 0.4/100k
Louisiana 0.12× · 1.1/100k
Indiana 0.12× · 1.1/100k
Arkansas 0.13× · 1.3/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	10,514	31.5%
2	New York	3,835	11.5%
3	Florida	2,218	6.7%
4	Oregon	1,636	4.9%
5	Washington	1,579	4.7%
6	Massachusetts	1,270	3.8%
7	Maryland	1,170	3.5%
8	Colorado	1,165	3.5%
9	Texas	1,052	3.2%
10	New Jersey	985	3.0%
11	Illinois	742	2.2%
12	Minnesota	647	1.9%
13	Arizona	584	1.8%
14	Pennsylvania	566	1.7%
15	New Mexico	479	1.4%

Top Cities for Acupuncturist

#	City	Providers
1	New YorkNew York	1,173
2	Los AngelesCalifornia	1,160
3	PortlandOregon	899
4	San DiegoCalifornia	653
5	San FranciscoCalifornia	619
6	SeattleWashington	520
7	San JoseCalifornia	427
8	BrooklynNew York	422
9	AustinTexas	331
10	ChicagoIllinois	295
11	FlushingNew York	265
12	DenverColorado	255

Sample Acupuncturist NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#	Provider	State
1	Jennifer Kegel, M.D.York, PA	Pennsylvania
2	Gary Bridges, DCAmes, IA	Iowa
3	Martini Absin, M.D.Egg Harbor Township, NJ	New Jersey
4	David Kamlet, M.D.New York, NY	New York
5	Arghiris Barbadimos, MDStamford, CT	Connecticut
6	Jose Pietri, MDAibonito, PR	Puerto Rico
7	Rachel Bergang, MDNew York, NY	New York
8	Cris Angel, MS, DA, AEMP, HDDMukilteo, WA	Washington
9	David Leone, DCKent, OH	Ohio
10	Alex Gafford, D.C.Saint Louis, MO	Missouri
11	Robert Skoog, DOM, RX2Alameda, NM	New Mexico
12	Mark Nolting, ND, L.AC.Edmonds, WA	Washington
13	Kimmy Kim, ACUPUNCTURUSTLos Angeles, CA	California
14	Brent Venables, D.C.Sartell, MN	Minnesota
15	Rochelle Bernstein, MDAvon, CO	Colorado
16	John Rhodes, PT, LACPhoenix, AZ	Arizona
17	Jason Atkinson, D.C.Kaysville, UT	Utah
18	Jian PiWantagh, NY	New York

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Acupuncturist providers are in the US?

There are 33,339 Acupuncturist providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 55 US states and territories. California has the most with 10,514 providers. Leading metros include New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Portland, OR; San Diego, CA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 48th by headcount.

Do Acupuncturist clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 109 Acupuncturist physicians receiving industry payments totaling $87K (1,553 payments; average $794 per paid physician, 297th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Acupuncturist NPIs, 363 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 797 claims and $81K drug cost per prescriber; 193rd of 567 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-20.