Contractor
NUCC 171W00000X
8,794 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 101st of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Contractor ranks 101st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.12% of all registered NPIs), densest in Florida; per resident Nebraska leads.
- 8,794
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 101st
- of 690 specialties
- 485
- state-share HHI
- 0.4%
- Part D prescriber share
Nebraska is densest per capita (5.2× the national rate; District of Columbia 3.5×).
Taxonomy fingerprint
Contractor (NUCC 171W00000X; 0.4% Part D prescribers (37 of 8,794); avg 979 Part D claims/prescriber (155th of 572); Open Payments avg $1K/physician (232nd of 551; 23 paid, $31K total); state-share HHI 485; next-larger headcount neighbor Pediatric Dentistry (+311); next-smaller Driver (-36)).
Next larger: Pediatric Dentistry (9,105) Next smaller: Driver (8,758)
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
- Nebraska 5.2× · 13.5/100k
- District of Columbia 3.5× · 9/100k
- Georgia 2.5× · 6.4/100k
- Ohio 2.4× · 6.3/100k
- Oklahoma 2.3× · 6.1/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- West Virginia 0.20× · 0.5/100k
- South Dakota 0.21× · 0.5/100k
- Utah 0.24× · 0.6/100k
- Connecticut 0.26× · 0.7/100k
- Rhode Island 0.28× · 0.7/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 830 |
| 2 | Ohio | 743 |
| 3 | Georgia | 706 |
| 4 | Texas | 674 |
| 5 | New York | 661 |
| 6 | California | 494 |
| 7 | Indiana | 348 |
| 8 | Arizona | 333 |
| 9 | Michigan | 273 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 268 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 247 |
| 12 | Washington | 242 |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | 202 |
| 14 | Illinois | 197 |
| 15 | Colorado | 192 |
Top Cities for Contractor
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IndianapolisIndiana | 265 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 122 |
| 3 | Las VegasNevada | 121 |
| 4 | OmahaNebraska | 117 |
| 5 | LawtonOklahoma | 109 |
| 6 | TucsonArizona | 100 |
| 7 | ValdostaGeorgia | 97 |
| 8 | AlbanyGeorgia | 87 |
| 9 | MiamiFlorida | 80 |
| 10 | BrooklynNew York | 79 |
| 11 | ColumbusOhio | 77 |
| 12 | CincinnatiOhio | 67 |
Sample Contractor NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Trevor Meyerowitz, PTBoca Raton, FL |
| 2 | Fernando Garcia, M.D.Marksville, LA |
| 3 | Mario Lucero, MDWar, WV |
| 4 | Gayle LindrothSmithtown, NY |
| 5 | Lori Wilson, DPMUniontown, PA |
| 6 | David Leandro, C.PEDLilburn, GA |
| 7 | Donald HafnerColumbus, OH |
| 8 | Diane Deluca-Patwell, C-PEDWest Islip, NY |
| 9 | Kathleen Harvey, CRNASeymour, TN |
| 10 | Arlan Hallman, LMT, CLTPlantation, FL |
| 11 | Peter ClarkRye Beach, NH |
| 12 | Alejandro Radi, M.D.Jacksonville, FL |
| 13 | Mark Athanas, PA-C, MAT, ATC, EMTPittsburgh, PA |
| 14 | Daniel Pauls, M.D.Topeka, KS |
| 15 | Sharon RichardsonTallahassee, FL |
| 16 | Ileana Albino Cruz, M.DSan Antonio, PR |
| 17 | Jeffrey Duncan, B.S.Oklahoma City, OK |
| 18 | Roberto Aldarondo, M.D.Aguadilla, PR |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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
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