Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse
NUCC 163WC0200X · Registered Nurse
6,929 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 111th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse ranks 111th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.09% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.
- 6,929
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 111th
- of 690 specialties
- 409
- state-share HHI
- 11.2%
- Part D prescriber share
District of Columbia is densest per capita (3.5× the national rate; Delaware 3.1×); 2.4% of the Registered Nurse category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse (NUCC 163WC0200X; 11.2% Part D prescribers (775 of 6,929); avg 832 Part D claims/prescriber (192nd of 572); Open Payments avg $452/physician (372nd of 551; 1,048 paid, $474K total); state-share HHI 409; next-larger headcount neighbor Health Educator (+34); next-smaller Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (-13)).
Next larger: Health Educator (6,963) Next smaller: Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (6,916)
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
- District of Columbia 3.5× · 7.1/100k
- Delaware 3.1× · 6.3/100k
- Tennessee 3× · 6.1/100k
- Wyoming 1.6× · 3.3/100k
- Ohio 1.5× · 3.1/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 0.24× · 0.5/100k
- Hawaii 0.41× · 0.8/100k
- Vermont 0.45× · 0.9/100k
- Montana 0.47× · 1/100k
- Rhode Island 0.58× · 1.2/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 580 |
| 2 | Florida | 526 |
| 3 | Texas | 469 |
| 4 | New York | 463 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 438 |
| 6 | Ohio | 367 |
| 7 | Michigan | 258 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 251 |
| 9 | Arizona | 232 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 221 |
| 11 | Illinois | 220 |
| 12 | Georgia | 195 |
| 13 | Virginia | 169 |
| 14 | South Carolina | 159 |
| 15 | Maryland | 154 |
Top Cities for Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MadisonTennessee | 220 |
| 2 | New YorkNew York | 179 |
| 3 | San AntonioTexas | 110 |
| 4 | ClevelandOhio | 104 |
| 5 | BaltimoreMaryland | 85 |
| 6 | NashvilleTennessee | 82 |
| 7 | PhoenixArizona | 78 |
| 8 | PittsburghPennsylvania | 66 |
| 9 | HoustonTexas | 66 |
| 10 | TucsonArizona | 60 |
| 11 | ChicagoIllinois | 60 |
| 12 | DetroitMichigan | 55 |
Sample Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Linda Hobbs, C.R.N.A.Dalton, GA |
| 2 | Sherri Dentry-Mabry, RN, MSNSan Antonio, TX |
| 3 | Debra Scheel, RN, FNPYautat, AK |
| 4 | Sharon Knapp, NPPortland, OR |
| 5 | Jorge Martinez-Guzman, RNFresno, CA |
| 6 | Amanda Newman, MS, MSN, CRNA, ACNPDallas, TX |
| 7 | Wendy McCraw, RNPearl Harbor, HI |
| 8 | Myra Cacace, GNP/ADM-BC, CDEWorcester, MA |
| 9 | Alina Reynolds, CRNAAllentown, PA |
| 10 | Stephanie Bianchi, FNPSacramento, CA |
| 11 | William Perkins, RNFort Gordon, GA |
| 12 | Gail Friedt, RNCarlsbad, CA |
| 13 | Diane Marolda, RN, MSN, ANPHamilton, NJ |
| 14 | James Mickey, RNTemecula, CA |
| 15 | Lenee McPherson, CRNAPhoenix, AZ |
| 16 | Michael Hart, FNP-CPeoria, AZ |
| 17 | Joseph Karasek, R.N., ATCReading, PA |
| 18 | Netta StewartFt Campbell, KY |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Registered Nurse category.
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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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