Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor providers in the U.S.
95,387 NPPES records list addiction (substance use disorder) counselor as their primary taxonomy, about 28 per 100,000 residents; Alaska and Ohio have the most per resident. 16 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 101YA0400X means
101YA0400X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Counselor, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder), in the grouping Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers. 95,387 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YA0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Los Angeles has the most, 2,101
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YA0400X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 188 | 4 |
| Alaska | 987 | 135 |
| Arizona | 837 | 11 |
| Arkansas | 165 | 5 |
| California | 27,741 | 71 |
| Colorado | 1,876 | 32 |
| Connecticut | 759 | 21 |
| Delaware | 527 | 51 |
| District of Columbia | 136 | 20 |
| Florida | 1,236 | 6 |
| Georgia | 738 | 7 |
| Hawaii | 107 | 8 |
| Idaho | 232 | 12 |
| Illinois | 1,195 | 10 |
| Indiana | 820 | 12 |
| Iowa | 971 | 30 |
| Kansas | 568 | 19 |
| Kentucky | 1,097 | 24 |
| Louisiana | 933 | 20 |
| Maine | 855 | 61 |
| Maryland | 1,165 | 19 |
| Massachusetts | 2,375 | 34 |
| Michigan | 2,317 | 23 |
| Minnesota | 1,884 | 33 |
| Mississippi | 204 | 7 |
| Missouri | 299 | 5 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 691 | 61 |
| Nebraska | 600 | 30 |
| Nevada | 798 | 25 |
| New Hampshire | 516 | 37 |
| New Jersey | 1,226 | 13 |
| New Mexico | 732 | 35 |
| New York | 5,180 | 27 |
| North Carolina | 3,066 | 28 |
| North Dakota | 445 | 57 |
| Ohio | 11,255 | 96 |
| Oklahoma | 1,323 | 33 |
| Oregon | 4,037 | 95 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,659 | 13 |
| Rhode Island | 560 | 51 |
| South Carolina | 1,111 | 21 |
| South Dakota | 221 | 24 |
| Tennessee | 486 | 7 |
| Texas | 2,435 | 8 |
| Utah | 600 | 18 |
| Vermont | 303 | 47 |
| Virginia | 745 | 9 |
| Washington | 4,416 | 57 |
| West Virginia | 428 | 24 |
| Wisconsin | 2,096 | 36 |
| Wyoming | 118 | 20 |
In federal data
- NUCC code101YA0400X · Counselor
- Size rank24th of 688 specialties by records (1.3% of all)
- In its family4th of 6 Counselor codes, 14.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers16 (under 0.1% of records)
- Part D claims175 a year per prescriber, on average (295th of 496)
- Industry payments5 physicians paid $728 in 2024, $146 each on average
- Concentration4 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of addiction (substance use disorder) counselor records
- Paula Miguel, CDC 1, BHC 2Anchorage, AK1699006122
- Tenecia Lockard, MSWAnchorage, AK1154762813
- Ryan Schank, B.S.Anchorage, AK1275956914
- Malia Davis, BA, CDCI, CDCSAnchorage, AK1982269023
- Lance Hanes, CDCSAnchorage, AK1427613439
- Anthony Bieler, CDCSAnchorage, AK1689239493
- Bonnie Hughes, CDC IIAnchorage, AK1033775663
- Ronald GreeneAnchorage, AK1306407523
- Freeman LathanAnchorage, AK1306407531
- Paula ValdezAnchorage, AK1700447927
- Marissa SweetAnchorage, AK1396306510
- Paul NetzelAnchorage, AK1831884378
- Darren AdamsAnchorage, AK1871385716
- Gina Walker, CDCTAnchorage, AK1407648165
- Dante KunAnchorage, AK1164827101
- Victoria Nelsen, CDCIIAnchorage, AK1063817930
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor headcount concentrate?
95,387 Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor NPIs span 55 states; California alone holds 27,741. Top metros include Los Angeles, CA; Portland, OR; Fresno, CA; Sacramento, CA. Nationally this is 24th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 5 Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor physicians totaling $728 (10 payments; average $146, 382nd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor NPIs, 16 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 175 claims and $11K drug cost per prescriber; 295th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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 Aug 9, 2026.