NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Contractor providers in the U.S.

8,283 NPPES records list contractor as their primary taxonomy, about 2.5 per 100,000 residents; Nebraska and District of Columbia have the most per resident. 15 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 171W00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

What taxonomy code 171W00000X means

171W00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Contractor, in the grouping Other Service Providers. 8,283 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

For the purposes of the Health Care Provider Taxonomy, a contractor is limited to individuals who do construction or mechanical work to modify a patient's environment to accommodate a health condition. Contractors perform projects including, but not limited to, building wheelchair ramps, widening doorways, modifying personal vehicles, and making other improvements for patient access and movement. This code has no relation to a provider's employment status.

Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.

Most per resident: the 8 highest

  1. Nebraska13.6
  2. District of Columbia7.2
  3. Georgia6.3
  4. Ohio6.0
  5. Oklahoma5.8
  6. Nevada5.6
  7. Indiana4.8
  8. Arizona4.3
  9. 50 states and D.C.2.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 171W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

Indianapolis has the most, 257

  1. Indianapolis, IN257
  2. Omaha, NE118
  3. Las Vegas, NV116
  4. Houston, TX114
  5. Lawton, OK105
  6. Valdosta, GA98
  7. Tucson, AZ97
  8. Albany, GA85

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 171W00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 51 by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama571.1
Alaska212.9
Arizona3234.3
Arkansas491.6
California4571.2
Colorado1793.0
Connecticut210.6
Delaware101.0
District of Columbia497.2
Florida7493.3
Georgia6996.3
Hawaii553.8
Idaho160.8
Illinois1811.4
Indiana3324.8
Iowa250.8
Kansas341.2
Kentucky841.9
Louisiana1142.5
Maine322.3
Maryland1131.8
Massachusetts851.2
Michigan2592.6
Minnesota1442.5
Mississippi331.1
Missouri891.4
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Montana211.9
Nebraska26913.6
Nevada1795.6
New Hampshire141.0
New Jersey1341.4
New Mexico612.9
New York6233.2
North Carolina1391.3
North Dakota141.8
Ohio7056.0
Oklahoma2375.8
Oregon1603.8
Pennsylvania1881.5
Rhode Island90.8
South Carolina841.6
South Dakota50.5
Tennessee711.0
Texas6352.1
Utah200.6
Vermont50.8
Virginia1481.7
Washington2272.9
West Virginia60.3
Wisconsin831.4
Wyoming122.1

In federal data

  • NUCC code171W00000X
  • Size rank104th of 688 specialties by records (0.11% of all)
  • Part D prescribers15 (0.2% of records)
  • Part D claims483 a year per prescriber, on average (177th of 496)
  • Industry payments7 physicians paid $6K in 2024, $876 each on average
  • Concentration7 states hold half of all records

Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.

A sample of contractor records

  1. Corrie TurnbullAnchorage, AK1083095939
  2. Sherri Gust, LMTAnchorage, AK1235586256
  3. Carol DisalviAnchorage, AK1376966382
  4. Bruce HiltonAnchorage, AK1275183840
  5. Christina EubanksAnchorage, AK1821727801
  6. Gary HuntAnchorage, AK1689718983
  7. Dayna McGuireAnchorage, AK1578787214
  8. Kassim KassimAnchorage, AK1871895318
  9. Lorraine SchroederAnchorage, AK1285090928
  10. Odell Gregoire, LMTAnchorage, AK1225286057
  11. Marquita WycheAnchorage, AK1760081608
  12. Colette Michaelson, MSWPalmer, AK1518169374
  13. Bussakorn ToytingPalmer, AK1376803080
  14. Lauren LearnedPalmer, AK1558758110
  15. Marlene Loomis, LMTSoldotna, AK1477903342
  16. Tony LoftonFairbanks, AK1336410539

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

Where does the large Contractor headcount concentrate?

8,283 Contractor NPIs span 53 states; Florida alone holds 749. Top metros include Indianapolis, IN; Omaha, NE; Las Vegas, NV; Houston, TX. Nationally this is 104th of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Contractor's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 7 Contractor physicians totaling $6K (20 payments; average $876, 240th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Contractor Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Contractor NPIs, 15 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 483 claims and $16K drug cost per prescriber; 177th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.