Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
NUCC 367500000X · Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
62,644 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 33rd of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist ranks 33rd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.88% of all registered NPIs), densest in Florida; per resident North Dakota leads.
- 62,644
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 33rd
- of 690 specialties
- 394
- state-share HHI
- 0.3%
- Part D prescriber share
North Dakota is densest per capita (2.8× the national rate; South Dakota 2.8×); 100% of the Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (NUCC 367500000X; 0.3% Part D prescribers (218 of 62,644); avg 282 Part D claims/prescriber (372nd of 567); Open Payments avg $133/physician (499th of 552; 19,881 paid, $2.7M total); state-share HHI 394; next-larger headcount neighbor Clinical Psychologist (+356); next-smaller Optometrist (-2,160)).
Next larger: Clinical Psychologist (63,000) Next smaller: Optometrist (60,484)
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
- North Dakota 2.8× · 52.4/100k
- South Dakota 2.8× · 52.1/100k
- Minnesota 2.2× · 41.4/100k
- Alabama 2× · 37/100k
- West Virginia 2× · 36.6/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 0.19× · 3.5/100k
- Guam 0.28× · 5.2/100k
- Nevada 0.30× · 5.6/100k
- California 0.33× · 6/100k
- Vermont 0.35× · 6.5/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 5,376 |
| 2 | Texas | 5,271 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | 4,159 |
| 4 | Ohio | 2,993 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 2,987 |
| 6 | Michigan | 2,844 |
| 7 | Tennessee | 2,392 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 2,375 |
| 9 | California | 2,346 |
| 10 | New York | 1,992 |
| 11 | Illinois | 1,934 |
| 12 | Alabama | 1,892 |
| 13 | Missouri | 1,781 |
| 14 | Georgia | 1,728 |
| 15 | Virginia | 1,663 |
Top Cities for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DallasTexas | 1,146 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 999 |
| 3 | PittsburghPennsylvania | 826 |
| 4 | NashvilleTennessee | 748 |
| 5 | BirminghamAlabama | 732 |
| 6 | PhiladelphiaPennsylvania | 651 |
| 7 | Saint LouisMissouri | 575 |
| 8 | TampaFlorida | 546 |
| 9 | RochesterMinnesota | 521 |
| 10 | CharlotteNorth Carolina | 503 |
| 11 | ClevelandOhio | 460 |
| 12 | GreenvilleSouth Carolina | 455 |
Sample Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Fowler, CRNA,MSOcala, FL |
| 2 | Elizabeth Anne Ranella, CRNADetroit, MI |
| 3 | Helen Lee, CRNAAshtabula, OH |
| 4 | Martha Uebelhoer, CRNABloomington, IN |
| 5 | Heather Newman, CRNAFort Carson, CO |
| 6 | Jon Schwindt, CRNANashville, TN |
| 7 | Lynn Andrews, CRNAPlano, TX |
| 8 | Andrea Chicovic Mehal, RNCincinnati, OH |
| 9 | Sheila Hanley, CRNAJohns Creek, GA |
| 10 | Maryellen Kraft, CRNALanghorne, PA |
| 11 | Susan Osgood, CRNAAtlanta, GA |
| 12 | Steven Peterson, CRNAFort Collins, CO |
| 13 | Alexander Simkiw, CRNALanghorne, PA |
| 14 | Francis Stoecker, CRNAAlbuquerque, NM |
| 15 | Craig Turner, CRNARedlands, CA |
| 16 | Kathy McNally, CRNAEau Claire, WI |
| 17 | Kimberly Mertens, CRNAEau Claire, WI |
| 18 | Robert Clonan, CRNAGainesville, FL |
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 2026-05-20.