Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician

NUCC 207ZB0001X · Pathology

575 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 47 states · 329th of 690 specialties by headcount.

575
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
47
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
67 providers
$19K
Open Pay avg
15th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician ranks 329th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

575
NPPES providers in specialty
329th
of 690 specialties
518
state-share HHI
5.7%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (6.9× the national rate; Massachusetts 2.5×); 2.5% of the Pathology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician (NUCC 207ZB0001X; 5.7% Part D prescribers (33 of 575); avg 282 Part D claims/prescriber (383rd of 572); Open Payments avg $19K/physician (15th of 551; 139 paid, $2.6M total); state-share HHI 518; next-larger headcount neighbor Aerospace Medicine Physician (+2); next-smaller Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (-1)).

Next larger: Aerospace Medicine Physician (577) Next smaller: Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (574)

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
1California67
2New York59
3Texas45
4Florida36
5Massachusetts30
6Ohio26
7Pennsylvania26
8Missouri21
9Michigan20
10Virginia20
11Minnesota19
12Maryland17
13Wisconsin17
14Illinois15
15North Carolina14

Top Cities for Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician

#CityProviders
1HoustonTexas17
2Saint LouisMissouri13
3BostonMassachusetts12
4New YorkNew York12
5DallasTexas10
6OrlandoFlorida9
7WorcesterMassachusetts9
8BethesdaMaryland9
9MinneapolisMinnesota9
10PhiladelphiaPennsylvania9
11Los AngelesCalifornia8
12San DiegoCalifornia8

Sample Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Mehraboon Irani, MDEvanston, IL
2Cynthia Corrigan, M.D.Louisville, KY
3David Yawn, M.D.Conroe, TX
4Joanne Becker, MDHouston, TX
5Yong Zhao, MDWorcester, MA
6Maday Dargan, M.D.Houston, TX
7John Fisk, M.D.Cooperstown, NY
8Carol Whitsett, MDEast Meadow, NY
9Sumner Sandler, MDWashington, DC
10Myong Nam, MDFalls Church, VA
11Shaila Nayak, MDJersey City, NJ
12L Hanrahan, MDGreenville, NC
13Thomas Carson, M.D.New Orleans, LA
14Mary Meihofer, MDHarrisburg, PA
15Mark Bunker, MDPittsburgh, PA
16Charles Knudson, MDIowa City, IA
17Thomas Raife, MDMadison, WI
18Annette Schlueter, MDIowa City, IA

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Pathology category.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician's mid-pack national roster?
575 CMS-registered Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician providers sit across 47 states; California leads with 67. Leading metros: Houston, TX; Saint Louis, MO; Boston, MA; New York, NY. Rank 329th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 139 Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician physicians receiving $2.6M across 936 payments (average $19K; 15th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician NPIs, 33 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 282 claims and $285K drug cost per prescriber; 383rd 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

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