Basic Emergency Medical Technician
NUCC 146N00000X · Emergency Medical Technician, Basic
2,237 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 52 states · 189th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Basic Emergency Medical Technician ranks 189th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.03% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Puerto Rico leads.
- 2,237
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 189th
- of 690 specialties
- 551
- state-share HHI
- 3.1%
- Part D prescriber share
Puerto Rico is densest per capita (12.7× the national rate; Alabama 3.6×); 100% of the Emergency Medical Technician, Basic category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Basic Emergency Medical Technician (NUCC 146N00000X; 3.1% Part D prescribers (70 of 2,237); avg 420 Part D claims/prescriber (316th of 572); Open Payments avg $789/physician (305th of 551; 34 paid, $27K total); state-share HHI 551; next-larger headcount neighbor Occupational Medicine Physician (+7); next-smaller Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (-1)).
Next larger: Occupational Medicine Physician (2,244) Next smaller: Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (2,236)
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
- Puerto Rico 12.7× · 8.4/100k
- Alabama 3.6× · 2.4/100k
- Washington 2.8× · 1.9/100k
- Montana 2.7× · 1.8/100k
- Nebraska 2.1× · 1.4/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 303 |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 268 |
| 3 | Washington | 145 |
| 4 | Alabama | 121 |
| 5 | Texas | 111 |
| 6 | New York | 103 |
| 7 | Georgia | 96 |
| 8 | Florida | 89 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 68 |
| 10 | Virginia | 65 |
| 11 | Ohio | 58 |
| 12 | Colorado | 53 |
| 13 | New Jersey | 52 |
| 14 | Michigan | 49 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 39 |
Top Cities for Basic Emergency Medical Technician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GuaynaboPuerto Rico | 245 |
| 2 | Fort RuckerAlabama | 94 |
| 3 | TacomaWashington | 53 |
| 4 | Fort StewartGeorgia | 44 |
| 5 | Ft RuckerAlabama | 21 |
| 6 | NespelemWashington | 18 |
| 7 | Palo AltoCalifornia | 16 |
| 8 | HoustonTexas | 16 |
| 9 | San AntonioTexas | 14 |
| 10 | FresnoCalifornia | 13 |
| 11 | LivingstonCalifornia | 13 |
| 12 | San JoseCalifornia | 13 |
Sample Basic Emergency Medical Technician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Zakrajsek, EMT-B, FFMonticello, IN |
| 2 | Dianne Becker, EMT/DIRECTORPlainville, KS |
| 3 | James Berry, ATC, NREMTConway, SC |
| 4 | Richard Clattenburg, MDPerkinsville, VT |
| 5 | Chad Enich, PA CUrbandale, IA |
| 6 | Scott Freeman, SCOTT FREEMANFogelsville, PA |
| 7 | Matthew HenryMacungie, PA |
| 8 | Debbie Naugle, EMTHamburg, PA |
| 9 | Julius Wenner, EMTBethlehem, PA |
| 10 | John ScheirerReading, PA |
| 11 | Steven KlineTopton, PA |
| 12 | Diana Barrett, EMT-BSaylorsburg, PA |
| 13 | Leo Banwart, PA-CWest Burlington, IA |
| 14 | Gerald Arnold, MDWest Burlington, IA |
| 15 | Jerry Karr, DOWashington, MO |
| 16 | Carlos Falcon, MDWest Burlington, IA |
| 17 | Ryan Wallace, HEALTH SERVICES TECHBuzzards Bay, MA |
| 18 | Richard Jackson, HSOtis Angb, MA |
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.