Counselor

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 101Y00000X

118,749 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 56 states · 18th of 690 specialties by headcount.

118,749

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

17,448 providers

$621

Open Pay avg

334th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Counselor ranks 18th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (1.67% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Alaska leads.

118,749
NPPES providers in specialty: 18th
of 690 specialties: 532
state-share HHI: 0.1%
Part D prescriber share

Alaska is densest per capita (4.8× the national rate; Washington 4.2×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Counselor (NUCC 101Y00000X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (122 of 118,749); avg 648 Part D claims/prescriber (241st of 567); Open Payments avg $621/physician (334th of 552; 57 paid, $35K total); state-share HHI 532; next-larger headcount neighbor General Practice Dentistry (+2,893); next-smaller Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor (-9,197)).

Next larger: General Practice Dentistry (121,642) Next smaller: Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor (109,552)

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

Alaska 4.8× · 168.1/100k
Washington 4.2× · 146.9/100k
Massachusetts 3.8× · 132.5/100k
Oregon 3.2× · 112.8/100k
Oklahoma 3.1× · 109.8/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Puerto Rico 0.07× · 2.6/100k
Guam 0.13× · 4.6/100k
Virgin Islands 0.20× · 6.9/100k
Kansas 0.25× · 8.6/100k
Minnesota 0.26× · 9.1/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	17,448	14.7%
2	Washington	11,478	9.7%
3	Massachusetts	9,279	7.8%
4	Oregon	4,776	4.0%
5	Oklahoma	4,451	3.7%
6	Ohio	4,346	3.7%
7	Pennsylvania	4,279	3.6%
8	New York	4,250	3.6%
9	Illinois	4,144	3.5%
10	Texas	4,011	3.4%
11	Florida	3,892	3.3%
12	Utah	3,724	3.1%
13	Colorado	2,906	2.4%
14	Michigan	2,650	2.2%
15	Louisiana	2,290	1.9%

Top Cities for Counselor

#	City	Providers
1	SeattleWashington	2,283
2	San FranciscoCalifornia	1,780
3	PortlandOregon	1,472
4	SpringfieldMassachusetts	1,418
5	Oklahoma CityOklahoma	1,235
6	TacomaWashington	1,119
7	San LeandroCalifornia	1,102
8	OaklandCalifornia	996
9	Salt Lake CityUtah	995
10	San DiegoCalifornia	923
11	TulsaOklahoma	880
12	SacramentoCalifornia	878

Sample Counselor NPIs

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

#	Provider	State
1	Todd Sigler, PSY.D., LP, NCCRoseville, MN	Minnesota
2	Roxanne Upshaw, LPCLimon, CO	Colorado
3	Roxanne Halczak, LCSW/MSWEureka, CA	California
4	Kenneth Loud, MS, CGCDecatur, GA	Georgia
5	Edward Pendleton, MA, LPC, LCDCLivingston, TX	Texas
6	Leon Vanasse, LCPCBaltimore, MD	Maryland
7	Lisa Vogel, MSED,ATR ,LIMHP,LMHCOmaha, NE	Nebraska
8	Robin Pummill, LPCSedalia, MO	Missouri
9	John Bungard, LPCHarrisonburg, VA	Virginia
10	Renelda Roberson, LPCHouston, TX	Texas
11	Margaret Gieseke-Smith, M.S. LPCHarrisonburg, VA	Virginia
12	Kathy Dicola, MA, LPC, NCCCharlotte, NC	North Carolina
13	Kathryn Guenther, LPCHarrisonburg, VA	Virginia
14	Forrest Diehl, L.P.C.C.Ashtabula, OH	Ohio
15	Joyce Perry, MABarboursville, WV	West Virginia
16	Carol Pasewark, M.ED., LPCFort Campbell, KY	Kentucky
17	Jennifer Mize, LPCTemple, TX	Texas
18	Laura Byas, LPCWaco, TX	Texas

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Counselor providers are in the US?

There are 118,749 Counselor providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 56 US states and territories. California has the most with 17,448 providers. Leading metros include Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Portland, OR; Springfield, MA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 18th by headcount.

Do Counselor clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 57 Counselor physicians receiving industry payments totaling $35K (1,121 payments; average $621 per paid physician, 334th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Counselor NPIs, 122 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 648 claims and $83K drug cost per prescriber; 241st 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.