Clinical Psychologist

NUCC 103TC0700X · Psychologist

63,000 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 56 states · 32nd of 690 specialties by headcount.

63,000
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
56
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
11,040 providers
$1K
Open Pay avg
243rd of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Clinical Psychologist ranks 32nd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.89% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

63,000
NPPES providers in specialty
32nd
of 690 specialties
602
state-share HHI
0.2%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (4.2× the national rate; Puerto Rico 3.1×); 43.1% of the Psychologist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Clinical Psychologist (NUCC 103TC0700X; 0.2% Part D prescribers (109 of 63,000); avg 615 Part D claims/prescriber (254th of 567); Open Payments avg $1K/physician (243rd of 552; 26 paid, $32K total); state-share HHI 602; next-larger headcount neighbor Emergency Medicine Physician (+1,463); next-smaller Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (-356)).

Next larger: Emergency Medicine Physician (64,463) Next smaller: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (62,644)

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
1California11,040
2New York6,099
3Illinois3,593
4Massachusetts2,883
5Florida2,759
6Michigan2,682
7Texas2,430
8Pennsylvania2,333
9Virginia2,139
10Puerto Rico1,844
11North Carolina1,644
12Washington1,527
13Ohio1,489
14Colorado1,456
15Minnesota1,435

Top Cities for Clinical Psychologist

#CityProviders
1New YorkNew York2,342
2ChicagoIllinois1,307
3Los AngelesCalifornia1,041
4San DiegoCalifornia865
5San FranciscoCalifornia718
6BrooklynNew York625
7SeattleWashington553
8WashingtonDistrict of Columbia526
9PhiladelphiaPennsylvania470
10DenverColorado447
11San JuanPuerto Rico443
12PortlandOregon438

Sample Clinical Psychologist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Arlene Staubsinger, PH.D.Liverpool, NY
2Bryan Ciula, PSYD, HSPPWarsaw, IN
3Charles Lepkowsky, PH.D.Solvang, CA
4Morgan SammonsBethesda, MD
5Kristin Kronsnoble, PH.D.Tampa, FL
6Kenneth Liebenau, PHDWichita, KS
7David Hatfield, PH.D.Colorado Springs, CO
8Michael Ashley, PHDSwayzee, IN
9Ira Pearlman, PH.D.Norfolk, VA
10Aaron Noonberg, PH.D.Towson, MD
11A Salais, PH.D.Boise, ID
12Gerald Perlman, PH.D.New York, NY
13Laura Schultz, PSY.D.Joliet, IL
14Gilbert Tunnell, PHDNew York, NY
15Barry Leavitt, PSYDChicago, IL
16Ray Quackenbush, PSY.D.Chicago, IL
17John Miller, PH.D.Davis, CA
18Janet Kuczmarski, PH.D.Denver, CO

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

Compare Clinical Psychologist vs Psychologist →

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Clinical Psychologist providers are in the US?
There are 63,000 Clinical Psychologist providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 56 US states and territories. California has the most with 11,040 providers. Leading metros include New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 32nd by headcount.
Do Clinical Psychologist clinicians appear in Open Payments?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 26 Clinical Psychologist physicians receiving industry payments totaling $32K (374 payments; average $1K per paid physician, 243rd of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Clinical Psychologist NPIs, 109 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 615 claims and $99K drug cost per prescriber; 254th 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.