NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ambulatory Care Pharmacist providers in the U.S.

3,931 NPPES records list ambulatory care pharmacist as their primary taxonomy, about 1.2 per 100,000 residents; Rhode Island and District of Columbia have the most per resident. 449 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 1835P2201X · method

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

What taxonomy code 1835P2201X means

1835P2201X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Pharmacist, Ambulatory Care, in the grouping Pharmacy Service Providers. 3,931 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

A licensed pharmacist who has demonstrated specialized knowledge and skill in the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by pharmacists and is accountable for addressing medication needs, developing sustained partnerships with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community.

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

  1. Rhode Island6.4
  2. District of Columbia2.8
  3. Montana2.7
  4. Minnesota2.5
  5. Oregon2.2
  6. Massachusetts2.1
  7. Indiana2.1
  8. South Dakota2.1
  9. 50 states and D.C.1.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1835P2201X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

Dallas has the most, 71

  1. Dallas, TX71
  2. Providence, RI60
  3. Boston, MA49
  4. Sacramento, CA44
  5. Indianapolis, IN40
  6. Portland, OR40
  7. Houston, TX38
  8. Chicago, IL37

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 1835P2201X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 51 by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama290.6
Alaska131.8
Arizona1131.5
Arkansas280.9
California4851.2
Colorado681.2
Connecticut531.5
Delaware70.7
District of Columbia192.8
Florida1220.5
Georgia640.6
Hawaii181.3
Idaho241.2
Illinois990.8
Indiana1442.1
Iowa591.8
Kansas260.9
Kentucky902.0
Louisiana180.4
Maine151.1
Maryland971.6
Massachusetts1492.1
Michigan1441.4
Minnesota1452.5
Mississippi130.4
Missouri520.8
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Montana312.7
Nebraska160.8
Nevada110.3
New Hampshire151.1
New Jersey380.4
New Mexico170.8
New York1050.5
North Carolina1441.3
North Dakota81.0
Ohio2161.8
Oklahoma320.8
Oregon932.2
Pennsylvania1431.1
Rhode Island706.4
South Carolina561.0
South Dakota192.1
Tennessee921.3
Texas2700.9
Utah481.4
Vermont81.2
Virginia1011.2
Washington1421.8
West Virginia211.2
Wisconsin1121.9
Wyoming91.5

In federal data

  • NUCC code1835P2201X · Pharmacist
  • Size rank148th of 688 specialties by records (0.05% of all)
  • In its family4th of 17 Pharmacist codes, 1.2% of the family
  • Part D prescribers449 (11.4% of records)
  • Part D claims527 a year per prescriber, on average (168th of 496)
  • Industry payments1 physicians paid $92 in 2024, $92 each on average
  • Concentration10 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 ambulatory care pharmacist records

  1. Lyndall Blackmon, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1578295812
  2. Linh VoAnchorage, AK1285224790
  3. Matthew Begay-Bruno, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1770184038
  4. Jeremy Hondl, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1326706029
  5. Erin Naber, PHARMDAnchorage, AK1770216509
  6. Kaylee Ayers, PHADMDAnchorage, AK1871300525
  7. Jerod StewartAnchorage, AK1154122745
  8. Alicia Koffi, PHARMDBethel, AK1043843683
  9. Sulamieth EzeriohaBethel, AK1831076470
  10. Isaac Bailey, PHARMDFairbanks, AK1306511167
  11. Christopher Graham, PHARMDFort Wainwright, AK1194294124
  12. Woo Park, PHARMDBarrow, AK1912629353
  13. Blake Bachant, PHARMDKetchikan, AK1477382786
  14. Ladaria Hartley, PHARMDBessemer, AL1689277196
  15. Jennifer Curren, RPHBessemer, AL1326413725
  16. Wendy Wood, RPHMc Calla, AL1619570116

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

Where does the large Ambulatory Care Pharmacist headcount concentrate?

3,931 Ambulatory Care Pharmacist NPIs span 52 states; California alone holds 485. Top metros include Dallas, TX; Providence, RI; Boston, MA; Sacramento, CA. Nationally this is 148th of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Ambulatory Care Pharmacist's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Ambulatory Care Pharmacist physicians totaling $92 (1 payments; average $92, 421st of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Ambulatory Care Pharmacist Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Ambulatory Care Pharmacist NPIs, 449 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 527 claims and $219K drug cost per prescriber; 168th 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.