NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Basic Emergency Medical Technician providers in the U.S.

1,716 NPPES records list basic emergency medical technician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.4 per 100,000 residents; Alabama and Washington have the most per resident. 7 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 146N00000X · method

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

What taxonomy code 146N00000X means

146N00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Emergency Medical Technician, Basic, in the grouping Emergency Medical Service Providers. 1,716 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

A Basic EMT is an individual trained and certified to perform basic life support treatment in medical emergencies based on individual state boards.

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. Alabama2.3
  2. Washington1.7
  3. Montana1.4
  4. Nebraska1.1
  5. South Dakota1.0
  6. Vermont0.8
  7. Georgia0.7
  8. Colorado0.7
  9. 50 states and D.C.0.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 146N00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

Guaynabo has the most, 245

  1. Guaynabo, PR245
  2. Fort Rucker, AL90
  3. Tacoma, WA50
  4. Fort Stewart, GA42
  5. Ft Rucker, AL21
  6. Nespelem, WA18
  7. Palo Alto, CA15
  8. Fresno, CA14

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 146N00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 51 by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama1152.3
Alaska30.4
Arizona250.3
Arkansas60.2
California2280.6
Colorado440.7
Connecticut120.3
Delaware50.5
District of Columbia40.6
Florida560.2
Georgia800.7
Hawaii50.3
Idaho60.3
Illinois260.2
Indiana140.2
Iowa40.1
Kansas50.2
Kentucky60.1
Louisiana130.3
Maine40.3
Maryland230.4
Massachusetts260.4
Michigan340.3
Minnesota140.2
Mississippi80.3
Missouri160.3
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Montana161.4
Nebraska221.1
Nevada230.7
New Hampshire50.4
New Jersey470.5
New Mexico90.4
New York750.4
North Carolina240.2
North Dakota20.3
Ohio350.3
Oklahoma50.1
Oregon230.5
Pennsylvania380.3
Rhode Island10.1
South Carolina310.6
South Dakota91.0
Tennessee170.2
Texas730.2
Utah100.3
Vermont50.8
Virginia440.5
Washington1341.7
West Virginia50.3
Wisconsin130.2
Wyoming30.5

In federal data

  • NUCC code146N00000X · Emergency Medical Technician, Basic
  • Size rank218th of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
  • Part D prescribers7 (0.4% of records)
  • Part D claims353 a year per prescriber, on average (210th of 496)
  • Industry payments5 physicians paid $737 in 2024, $147 each on average
  • Concentration6 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 basic emergency medical technician records

  1. Chloe NordwallAnchorage, AK1528723467
  2. Jamie OudekerkFairbanks, AK1427912229
  3. Brady MasseyKetchikan, AK1982437547
  4. Troy Speigner, EMTNorthport, AL1386599967
  5. Tanesha DawkinsEnterprise, AL1568623965
  6. Toby Shemwell, MEDICFt Rucker, AL1184802977
  7. Michael Bradley, ADVANCED EMTFt Rucker, AL1972771293
  8. Tiffany Samuels, EMT-B/ HEALTHCARE SPFort Rucker, AL1881866366
  9. Paqueshia Thomas, EMTFort Rucker, AL1538331657
  10. Minie Miller, EMT/HEALTH CARE SPECFort Rucker, AL1689846727
  11. Omar Saucedo, EMT/HEALTHCARE SPCFort Rucker, AL1003088931
  12. David Currier, EMT/HEALTH CARE SPECFort Rucker, AL1245403997
  13. Jacqueline AnweilerFort Rucker, AL1922273382
  14. Roger Rendon, EMT-BFort Rucker, AL1043474000
  15. Adam Heath, EMTFort Rucker, AL1932347275
  16. Michael Bradford, EMTFort Rucker, AL1477788537

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

Common questions

Where does the large Basic Emergency Medical Technician headcount concentrate?

1,716 Basic Emergency Medical Technician NPIs span 52 states; Puerto Rico alone holds 265. Top metros include Guaynabo, PR; Fort Rucker, AL; Tacoma, WA; Fort Stewart, GA. Nationally this is 218th of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Basic Emergency Medical Technician's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 5 Basic Emergency Medical Technician physicians totaling $737 (51 payments; average $147, 381st of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Basic Emergency Medical Technician Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Basic Emergency Medical Technician NPIs, 7 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 353 claims and $29K drug cost per prescriber; 210th 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.