Addiction Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician
NUCC 2084A0401X · Psychiatry & Neurology
648 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 49 states · 314th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Addiction Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician ranks 314th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident West Virginia leads.
- 648
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 314th
- of 690 specialties
- 467
- state-share HHI
- 62%
- Part D prescriber share
West Virginia is densest per capita (2.4× the national rate; North Carolina 1.8×); 0.7% of the Psychiatry & Neurology category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Addiction Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician (NUCC 2084A0401X; 62% Part D prescribers (402 of 648); avg 1,039 Part D claims/prescriber (139th of 572); Open Payments avg $5K/physician (90th of 551; 200 paid, $1.0M total); state-share HHI 467; next-larger headcount neighbor Clinical Neurophysiology Physician (+2); next-smaller Renal Nutrition Registered Dietitian (-3)).
Next larger: Clinical Neurophysiology Physician (650) Next smaller: Renal Nutrition Registered Dietitian (645)
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
- West Virginia 2.4× · 0.5/100k
- North Carolina 1.8× · 0.4/100k
- Connecticut 1.7× · 0.3/100k
- Massachusetts 1.6× · 0.3/100k
- New York 1.6× · 0.3/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Texas 0.50× · 0.1/100k
- Missouri 0.51× · 0.1/100k
- South Carolina 0.58× · 0.1/100k
- Pennsylvania 0.64× · 0.1/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 67 |
| 2 | New York | 60 |
| 3 | Florida | 56 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 38 |
| 5 | Ohio | 36 |
| 6 | Texas | 29 |
| 7 | Illinois | 22 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 22 |
| 9 | Virginia | 22 |
| 10 | Michigan | 19 |
| 11 | Georgia | 17 |
| 12 | Arizona | 16 |
| 13 | Maryland | 16 |
| 14 | New Jersey | 16 |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | 16 |
Top Cities for Addiction Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkNew York | 27 |
| 2 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 10 |
| 3 | BrooklynNew York | 8 |
| 4 | MadisonWisconsin | 8 |
| 5 | DenverColorado | 7 |
| 6 | JacksonvilleFlorida | 7 |
| 7 | BaltimoreMaryland | 7 |
| 8 | CincinnatiOhio | 7 |
| 9 | ColumbusOhio | 7 |
| 10 | NashvilleTennessee | 7 |
| 11 | PhoenixArizona | 6 |
| 12 | IndianapolisIndiana | 6 |
Sample Addiction Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Delisi, MDSaint Paul, MN |
| 2 | Peter Banys, M.D., M.SC.San Francisco, CA |
| 3 | Alphonse Roy, M.D.Metairie, LA |
| 4 | Jose Leyva, M.D.Houston, TX |
| 5 | Azeem Qureshi, MDDublin, OH |
| 6 | Robert Benson, MDPensacola, FL |
| 7 | Robert Althar, MDPensacola, FL |
| 8 | Pamela Vincent, M.D.Anaheim, CA |
| 9 | Michael Flanagan, M.D.Albuquerque, NM |
| 10 | Mark Alvarado, MDBrooklyn, NY |
| 11 | Anthony Russell, MDTallahassee, FL |
| 12 | Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBANew York, NY |
| 13 | Maryann Traxler, MDCharlotte, NC |
| 14 | Jessie Singh, MDAbilene, TX |
| 15 | Carmen Natali-Agostini, MDStaten Island, NY |
| 16 | George Luedke, M.D.Lynchburg, VA |
| 17 | Rolando Hong, MDNewark, NJ |
| 18 | Gilbert Masterson, MDGrand Rapids, MI |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Psychiatry & Neurology category.
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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
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