Athletic Trainer

NUCC 2255A2300X · Specialist/Technologist

48,161 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 38th of 690 specialties by headcount.

48,161
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
54
States
with ≥1 NPI
Texas
Top state
3,164 providers
$393
Open Pay avg
391st of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Athletic Trainer ranks 38th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.68% of all registered NPIs), densest in Texas; per resident North Dakota leads.

48,161
NPPES providers in specialty
38th
of 690 specialties
344
state-share HHI
1.1%
Part D prescriber share

North Dakota is densest per capita (2.5× the national rate; Vermont 2.2×); 76.7% of the Specialist/Technologist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Athletic Trainer (NUCC 2255A2300X; 1.1% Part D prescribers (538 of 48,161); avg 427 Part D claims/prescriber (302nd of 567); Open Payments avg $393/physician (391st of 552; 363 paid, $143K total); state-share HHI 344; next-larger headcount neighbor Psychiatry Physician (+5,010); next-smaller Psychologist (-606)).

Next larger: Psychiatry Physician (53,171) Next smaller: Psychologist (47,555)

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
1Texas3,164
2Pennsylvania3,146
3Ohio2,893
4California2,813
5Florida2,371
6Illinois2,098
7North Carolina1,796
8Indiana1,723
9Michigan1,709
10New York1,682
11Virginia1,557
12Georgia1,517
13Wisconsin1,365
14New Jersey1,216
15Massachusetts1,162

Top Cities for Athletic Trainer

#CityProviders
1IndianapolisIndiana314
2CincinnatiOhio276
3PittsburghPennsylvania275
4HoustonTexas263
5ColumbusOhio262
6San DiegoCalifornia242
7OrlandoFlorida237
8ChicagoIllinois225
9PhiladelphiaPennsylvania219
10ColumbiaSouth Carolina217
11SpringfieldMissouri209
12OgdenUtah206

Sample Athletic Trainer NPIs

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

#Provider
1Ryan Wantz, A.T.CRidley Park, PA
2Lawrence Collins, PA-C, ATCTampa, FL
3Ryan Clark, MS, ATC/R, CSCSNorth Kansas City, MO
4Abigail Denen, ATCCincinnati, OH
5Christopher Giordullo, ATCincinnati, OH
6Todd Harrison, ATCincinnati, OH
7Ken Rushford, ATCincinnati, OH
8John Brehm, AT, MEDWest Chester, OH
9Catherine Conly, ATCCincinnati, OH
10Bridget MorrisCincinnati, OH
11Christopher Severns, ATC, OTCWest Chester, OH
12Christopher Morris, ATSardinia, OH
13Jennifer Miller, ATCincinnati, OH
14Gina Dicrocco, ATCFarmington, ME
15Katie Hamberg, ATCCincinnati, OH
16Kevin Hilgenberg, PA-CSeaman, OH
17Michael SlemonsCincinnati, OH
18Lisa Sweeterman, ATCincinnati, OH

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Specialist/Technologist category.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Athletic Trainer providers are in the US?
There are 48,161 Athletic Trainer providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 54 US states and territories. Texas has the most with 3,164 providers. Leading metros include Indianapolis, IN; Cincinnati, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; Houston, TX. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 38th by headcount.
Do Athletic Trainer clinicians appear in Open Payments?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 363 Athletic Trainer physicians receiving industry payments totaling $143K (3,292 payments; average $393 per paid physician, 391st of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Athletic Trainer NPIs, 538 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 427 claims and $35K drug cost per prescriber; 302nd 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.