Behavior Technician

NUCC 106S00000X

545,400 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 1st of 690 specialties by headcount.

545,400
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
54
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
162,290 providers
$420
Open Pay avg
382nd of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Behavior Technician ranks 1st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (7.69% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Michigan leads.

545,400
NPPES providers in specialty
1st
of 690 specialties
1276
state-share HHI
0%
Part D prescriber share

Michigan is densest per capita (3.7× the national rate; California 2.6×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Behavior Technician (NUCC 106S00000X; 0% Part D prescribers (74 of 545,400); avg 492 Part D claims/prescriber (292nd of 567); Open Payments avg $420/physician (382nd of 552; 47 paid, $20K total); state-share HHI 1,276; next-smaller Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (-214,126)).

Next smaller: Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (331,274)

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
1California162,290
2Florida73,343
3Michigan59,213
4Texas23,413
5Maryland21,451
6Indiana15,856
7Minnesota15,021
8North Carolina12,252
9Georgia11,871
10Colorado11,342
11Massachusetts10,574
12Utah9,342
13Washington9,033
14Illinois8,619
15Ohio7,507

Top Cities for Behavior Technician

#CityProviders
1Farmington HillsMichigan29,299
2MonroviaCalifornia14,977
3MiamiFlorida14,895
4San DiegoCalifornia7,978
5RockvilleMaryland7,284
6SacramentoCalifornia6,873
7ConcordCalifornia5,771
8HialeahFlorida5,311
9Colorado SpringsColorado5,076
10Los AngelesCalifornia4,568
11NoviMichigan4,477
12El SegundoCalifornia3,994

Sample Behavior Technician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Naga Thota, MDSan Diego, CA
2Robert MayesSan Diego, CA
3Dulce TejedaMiami, FL
4Sandy Rosello, MSMiami, FL
5Dana Gomez, RBTLansing, MI
6John VenturaSan Jose, CA
7Lisa DelaneyPaducah, KY
8Brandy NolanPaducah, KY
9Suzanne Olah, OTR/LShreveport, LA
10Erika TijerinaOrange, CA
11Christen Vanasselberg, M.D.Metairie, LA
12Mark Holan, RCFarmington Hills, MI
13Betty Casanova, LPNSaint Clair, MI
14Melany Arango, LMSWIdaho Falls, ID
15Sherise Johnson, LBSWDetroit, MI
16Sheryl HicksSanta Ana, CA
17Elizabeth HollandNashua, NH
18Sharon Sassen-Croy, RBTWest Palm Beach, FL

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Behavior Technician providers are in the US?
There are 545,400 Behavior Technician providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 54 US states and territories. California has the most with 162,290 providers. Leading metros include Farmington Hills, MI; Monrovia, CA; Miami, FL; San Diego, CA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 1st by headcount.
Do Behavior Technician clinicians appear in Open Payments?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 47 Behavior Technician physicians receiving industry payments totaling $20K (662 payments; average $420 per paid physician, 382nd of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Behavior Technician NPIs, 74 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 492 claims and $47K drug cost per prescriber; 292nd 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.