Counselor providers in the U.S.
106,545 NPPES records list counselor as their primary taxonomy, about 32 per 100,000 residents; Alaska and Washington have the most per resident. 6 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 101Y00000X means
101Y00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Counselor, in the grouping Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers. 106,545 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A provider who is trained and educated in the performance of behavior health services through interpersonal communications and analysis. Training and education at the specialty level usually requires a master's degree and clinical experience and supervision for licensure or certification.
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
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101Y00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Seattle has the most, 2,278
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101Y00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 908 | 18 |
| Alaska | 1,123 | 153 |
| Arizona | 1,161 | 16 |
| Arkansas | 1,560 | 51 |
| California | 13,723 | 35 |
| Colorado | 2,550 | 43 |
| Connecticut | 1,397 | 39 |
| Delaware | 142 | 14 |
| District of Columbia | 198 | 29 |
| Florida | 3,296 | 15 |
| Georgia | 1,508 | 14 |
| Hawaii | 596 | 42 |
| Idaho | 493 | 25 |
| Illinois | 3,805 | 30 |
| Indiana | 1,266 | 18 |
| Iowa | 355 | 11 |
| Kansas | 197 | 7 |
| Kentucky | 1,679 | 37 |
| Louisiana | 1,847 | 40 |
| Maine | 453 | 33 |
| Maryland | 1,021 | 17 |
| Massachusetts | 8,990 | 128 |
| Michigan | 2,514 | 25 |
| Minnesota | 449 | 8 |
| Mississippi | 871 | 30 |
| Missouri | 1,069 | 17 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 162 | 14 |
| Nebraska | 567 | 29 |
| Nevada | 1,084 | 34 |
| New Hampshire | 380 | 27 |
| New Jersey | 1,593 | 17 |
| New Mexico | 1,943 | 92 |
| New York | 3,937 | 20 |
| North Carolina | 1,822 | 17 |
| North Dakota | 74 | 9 |
| Ohio | 4,085 | 35 |
| Oklahoma | 4,424 | 109 |
| Oregon | 4,468 | 106 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,933 | 30 |
| Rhode Island | 412 | 38 |
| South Carolina | 1,432 | 27 |
| South Dakota | 279 | 30 |
| Tennessee | 1,611 | 23 |
| Texas | 3,328 | 11 |
| Utah | 3,468 | 102 |
| Vermont | 163 | 25 |
| Virginia | 1,038 | 12 |
| Washington | 11,350 | 145 |
| West Virginia | 507 | 29 |
| Wisconsin | 838 | 14 |
| Wyoming | 407 | 70 |
In federal data
- NUCC code101Y00000X
- Size rank19th of 688 specialties by records (1.45% of all)
- Part D prescribers6 (under 0.1% of records)
- Part D claims84 a year per prescriber, on average (364th of 496)
- Industry payments3 physicians paid $683 in 2024, $228 each on average
- Concentration8 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 counselor records
- Lynette Lins, MS LPCAnchorage, AK1871683284
- Nancy Gaines, MS, LPCAnchorage, AK1407031610
- Kurtis Walton, M.S. LPCAnchorage, AK1275831612
- Leslie WillenbrinkAnchorage, AK1245654698
- Heather Kunigelis, CDCIAnchorage, AK1750942439
- Erich Walter, M.EDAnchorage, AK1982265336
- James Huff, CTAnchorage, AK1912568353
- Kirstin Gatterdam, CDCIAnchorage, AK1265084966
- Hope PattengaleAnchorage, AK1619523271
- Elizabeth Robson, MOCPAnchorage, AK1376199216
- Tristen Asay GorderAnchorage, AK1588232037
- Jacob Chapman, MSAnchorage, AK1982304515
- Amanda Kookesh, LPCAnchorage, AK1609557883
- Stephanie Santiago, MAAnchorage, AK1740077023
- David Wilcox, PHDAnchorage, AK1871516062
- April Tynan, VOC REHAB SPECIALISTAnchorage, AK1629178819
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Counselor headcount concentrate?
106,545 Counselor NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 13,723. Top metros include Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Springfield, MA. Nationally this is 19th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Counselor's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3 Counselor physicians totaling $683 (10 payments; average $228, 352nd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Counselor Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Counselor NPIs, 6 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 84 claims and $21K drug cost per prescriber; 364th 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.