Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process. · Updated August 2026

NUCC 237600000X

3,504 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 156th of 690 specialties by headcount.

3,504

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

436 providers

$72

Open Pay avg

527th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter ranks 156th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.05% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Montana leads.

3,504
NPPES providers in specialty: 156th
of 690 specialties: 470
state-share HHI: 0%
Part D prescriber share

Montana is densest per capita (2.6× the national rate; Louisiana 2.3×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter (NUCC 237600000X; 0% Part D prescribers (1 of 3,504); avg 44 Part D claims/prescriber (542nd of 572); Open Payments avg $72/physician (527th of 551; 2 paid, $144 total); state-share HHI 470; next-larger headcount neighbor Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse (+18); next-smaller Music Therapist (-44)).

Next larger: Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse (3,522) Next smaller: Music Therapist (3,460)

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

Montana 2.6× · 2.7/100k
Louisiana 2.3× · 2.4/100k
New Mexico 2.1× · 2.1/100k
South Dakota 1.9× · 2/100k
District of Columbia 1.7× · 1.8/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Arkansas 0.47× · 0.5/100k
South Carolina 0.50× · 0.5/100k
Georgia 0.52× · 0.5/100k
Nevada 0.54× · 0.6/100k
Mississippi 0.56× · 0.6/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	436	12.4%
2	Texas	381	10.9%
3	New York	189	5.4%
4	Pennsylvania	138	3.9%
5	Florida	136	3.9%
6	Arizona	128	3.7%
7	Ohio	127	3.6%
8	Washington	124	3.5%
9	North Carolina	113	3.2%
10	Louisiana	108	3.1%
11	Illinois	104	3.0%
12	Michigan	99	2.8%
13	Colorado	89	2.5%
14	Tennessee	89	2.5%
15	New Jersey	86	2.5%

Top Cities for Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter

#	City	Providers
1	HoustonTexas	39
2	New YorkNew York	32
3	San AntonioTexas	31
4	San FranciscoCalifornia	29
5	TucsonArizona	28
6	DallasTexas	27
7	AlbuquerqueNew Mexico	25
8	Los AngelesCalifornia	24
9	San DiegoCalifornia	22
10	CincinnatiOhio	21
11	PhoenixArizona	20
12	Baton RougeLouisiana	16

Sample Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter NPIs

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

#	Provider	State
1	Walter Letien, AU.D.Beverly, MA	Massachusetts
2	Maureen Lynch-Rinaldi, AU.D.Red Hook, NY	New York
3	Jaclyn Spitzer, PH.D.New York, NY	New York
4	Laura Smith-Olinde, PH.D., CCC/ALittle Rock, AR	Arkansas
5	Mary Thorpe, AU.D.Sarasota, FL	Florida
6	Laura Robertson, AU.D.Laconia, NH	New Hampshire
7	Susan Cowgill, M.A., CCC-AHemphill, TX	Texas
8	Amin Musani, AUDDenison, TX	Texas
9	Barbara Klatt, AU.D.Niagara Falls, NY	New York
10	Paul Kreimer, M.A., CCC-AAurora, IL	Illinois
11	Lynnette Roth, MA, FAAAWillard, OH	Ohio
12	Teresa Stepp, AU.DJefferson City, TN	Tennessee
13	Carol Chinn, AUDBentonville, AR	Arkansas
14	Travis Ortega, AUD.Lawton, OK	Oklahoma
15	Florence Tharman, AU.DAlbany, NY	New York
16	Victoria Harris, AU.D. DOCTOR OF AUDITroy, NY	New York
17	Jennifer Stiglitz-Monroe, AU.DAnderson, IN	Indiana
18	Kimberly Gill, AU.D.Mentor, OH	Ohio

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter headcount concentrate?

3,504 Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter NPIs span 53 states; California alone holds 436. Top metros include Houston, TX; New York, NY; San Antonio, TX; San Francisco, CA. Nationally this is 156th of 690 NUCC codes.

How large is Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 2 Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter physicians totaling $144 (2 payments; average $72, 527th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 44 claims and $924 drug cost per prescriber; 542nd 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.