Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
4,304 NPPES records list critical care medicine registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 1.3 per 100,000 residents; Delaware and Tennessee have the most per resident. 45 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WC0200X means
163WC0200X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Critical Care Medicine, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 4,304 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
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 163WC0200X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Madison has the most, 215
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WC0200X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 75 | 1.5 |
| Alaska | 14 | 1.9 |
| Arizona | 145 | 2.0 |
| Arkansas | 30 | 1.0 |
| California | 405 | 1.0 |
| Colorado | 69 | 1.2 |
| Connecticut | 21 | 0.6 |
| Delaware | 58 | 5.6 |
| District of Columbia | 27 | 4.0 |
| Florida | 307 | 1.4 |
| Georgia | 123 | 1.1 |
| Hawaii | 10 | 0.7 |
| Idaho | 15 | 0.8 |
| Illinois | 113 | 0.9 |
| Indiana | 65 | 0.9 |
| Iowa | 51 | 1.6 |
| Kansas | 68 | 2.3 |
| Kentucky | 31 | 0.7 |
| Louisiana | 56 | 1.2 |
| Maine | 9 | 0.6 |
| Maryland | 78 | 1.3 |
| Massachusetts | 76 | 1.1 |
| Michigan | 167 | 1.7 |
| Minnesota | 62 | 1.1 |
| Mississippi | 20 | 0.7 |
| Missouri | 105 | 1.7 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 7 | 0.6 |
| Nebraska | 16 | 0.8 |
| Nevada | 35 | 1.1 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 0.9 |
| New Jersey | 61 | 0.7 |
| New Mexico | 45 | 2.1 |
| New York | 297 | 1.5 |
| North Carolina | 124 | 1.1 |
| North Dakota | 19 | 2.4 |
| Ohio | 205 | 1.7 |
| Oklahoma | 53 | 1.3 |
| Oregon | 56 | 1.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 164 | 1.3 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 0.6 |
| South Carolina | 87 | 1.6 |
| South Dakota | 13 | 1.4 |
| Tennessee | 302 | 4.2 |
| Texas | 285 | 0.9 |
| Utah | 37 | 1.1 |
| Vermont | 5 | 0.8 |
| Virginia | 83 | 1.0 |
| Washington | 91 | 1.2 |
| West Virginia | 24 | 1.4 |
| Wisconsin | 44 | 0.7 |
| Wyoming | 16 | 2.7 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WC0200X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank143rd of 688 specialties by records (0.06% of all)
- In its family9th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 1.8% of the family
- Part D prescribers45 (1% of records)
- Part D claims582 a year per prescriber, on average (156th of 496)
- Industry payments91 physicians paid $75K in 2024, $827 each on average
- Concentration9 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 critical care medicine registered nurse records
- Annette BowersoxMalvern, AK1467665919
- Stephanie Curtis, BSN, RNAnchorage, AK1255217584
- Timothy Nienhueser, RNAnchorage, AK1326969627
- Emma BrooksAnchorage, AK1467321307
- Deanna LowdenAnchorage, AK1174451033
- William Ivory, RNAnchorage, AK1285510461
- Aaron Van Camp, RNBethel, AK1548060403
- Lane Inman, RNPalmer, AK1043187719
- Kenneth BrowneSoldotna, AK1902763519
- Bernadette Modelo, RNBarrow, AK1225254360
- Julie Kilmer, RNSitka, AK1386766434
- Constance Whitrock, RNSitka, AK1164666400
- Renee Winters, RNSitka, AK1699907196
- Debra Wilson, RNSitka, AK1275967291
- Ladonya Pierce, RNFultondale, AL1336205954
- Frederick KneussMc Calla, AL1700692159
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse headcount concentrate?
4,304 Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse NPIs span 53 states; California alone holds 405. Top metros include Madison, TN; New York, NY; San Antonio, TX; Cleveland, OH. Nationally this is 143rd of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 91 Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse physicians totaling $75K (773 payments; average $827, 250th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse NPIs, 45 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 582 claims and $236K drug cost per prescriber; 156th 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.