Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist

NUCC 103TA0400X · Psychologist

969 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 50 states · 269th of 690 specialties by headcount.

969
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
50
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
199 providers
$179
Open Pay avg
471st of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist ranks 269th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident South Dakota leads.

969
NPPES providers in specialty
269th
of 690 specialties
687
state-share HHI
1.1%
Part D prescriber share

South Dakota is densest per capita (5.7× the national rate; Rhode Island 4.5×); 0.6% of the Psychologist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist (NUCC 103TA0400X; 1.1% Part D prescribers (11 of 969); avg 1,391 Part D claims/prescriber (84th of 572); Open Payments avg $179/physician (471st of 551; 5 paid, $897 total); state-share HHI 687; next-larger headcount neighbor Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician (+5); next-smaller Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine Physician (-6)).

Next larger: Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics Physician (974) Next smaller: Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine Physician (963)

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

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California199
2Michigan77
3New York63
4Massachusetts53
5Ohio40
6Florida37
7Pennsylvania36
8Texas36
9Washington32
10New Jersey27
11North Carolina22
12Puerto Rico22
13Minnesota19
14Oklahoma19
15Colorado16

Top Cities for Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist

#CityProviders
1San DiegoCalifornia21
2New YorkNew York19
3Los AngelesCalifornia14
4Rapid CitySouth Dakota13
5BostonMassachusetts11
6San FranciscoCalifornia10
7OaklandCalifornia9
8Oklahoma CityOklahoma9
9HoustonTexas9
10Salt Lake CityUtah9
11SeattleWashington9
12Walnut CreekCalifornia8

Sample Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Gregg Etter, MDWarwick, RI
2Magaly Marrero, PH.D.San Antonio, TX
3April House, M.S.Keyser, WV
4Scott Anderson, LMHCTampa, FL
5John Grzebieniak, PH.D.New Castle, PA
6Valerie Pearson, PH.D.San Diego, CA
7Susan Schmidt, PH.D., APA-CPP SUBSTBryn Mawr, PA
8Andrew Kane, PH.D.Lawrence, NY
9Timothy Barclay, PHDForest, VA
10Mark Rush, PH.D.Denver, CO
11Robert Dello Russo, PH.D., LADC IBoston, MA
12Judith Krulewitz, PH.D.Cambridge, MA
13Victor Irizarry, PHDSan Juan, PR
14Tedd Habberfield, PH.D.Williamsville, NY
15Carol Dyer, PH.D.Saint Louis, MO
16Fredericka Jackson, PH.D. CAC IITroy, MI
17Sohrab Dadfar, PH.D.Lima, OH
18George Lazar, PHDHouston, TX

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Psychologist category.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist's mid-pack national roster?
969 CMS-registered Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist providers sit across 50 states; California leads with 199. Leading metros: San Diego, CA; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Rapid City, SD. Rank 269th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 5 Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist physicians receiving $897 across 36 payments (average $179; 471st of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Psychologist NPIs, 11 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,391 claims and $238K drug cost per prescriber; 84th of 572 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 2026-08-27.