Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist

NUCC 2279C0205X · Respiratory Therapist, Registered

527 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 48 states · 340th of 690 specialties by headcount.

527
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
48
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
136 providers
$152
Open Pay avg
485th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist ranks 340th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

527
NPPES providers in specialty
340th
of 690 specialties
1050
state-share HHI
46.3%
in top 3 states

District of Columbia is densest per capita (4.7× the national rate; Washington 3×); 8.7% of the Respiratory Therapist, Registered category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist (NUCC 2279C0205X; Open Payments avg $152/physician (485th of 551; 1 paid, $152 total); state-share HHI 1,050; next-larger headcount neighbor Allergy & Immunology (Internal Medicine) Physician (+1); next-smaller Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (-7)).

Next larger: Allergy & Immunology (Internal Medicine) Physician (528) Next smaller: Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (520)

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

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California136
2Florida68
3New York40
4Texas37
5Washington36
6Arizona17
7Georgia15
8Massachusetts14
9North Carolina12
10Missouri11
11Virginia11
12Michigan10
13Ohio10
14New Jersey7
15Nevada7

Top Cities for Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist

#CityProviders
1Los AngelesCalifornia41
2SeattleWashington31
3GainesvilleFlorida24
4New YorkNew York18
5BrooklynNew York14
6HoustonTexas12
7RosevilleCalifornia11
8SacramentoCalifornia11
9San DiegoCalifornia8
10San AntonioTexas8
11RichmondVirginia8
12Fort DefianceArizona6

Sample Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist NPIs

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

#Provider
1Alistair Machoka, RRT RESPIRATORYMissouri City, TX
2Roanld Miller, RRTSan Diego, CA
3Robert Clevenger, R.R.T.San Diego, CA
4Michael Krason, RRTLeeds, MA
5Joseph Szpila, R.R.T.Reno, NV
6Clara Edwards, RRTHouston, TX
7Martha Amuneke, RRTHouston, TX
8Sophia Diribe, BS,RRTHouston, TX
9Walter Edwards, R.R.T.Little Rock, AR
10Billie Wilson, RRTHouston, TX
11Anthony Castro, RRTSan Juan, PR
12John Mazzacane, RRTWest Haven, CT
13Pedro Soto, RRTSan Juan, PR
14Ramon (ray) Imai, RRTSanta Clara, CA
15Nganno Ezekwem, RRTHouston, TX
16Cynthia Vincent, RRTLong Beach, CA
17Gail Owen, RRTLong Beach, CA
18Max Llave, RRT,CPFTGainesville, FL

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Respiratory Therapist, Registered category.

Compare Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist vs Registered Respiratory Therapist →

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist's mid-pack national roster?
527 CMS-registered Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist providers sit across 48 states; California leads with 136. Leading metros: Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; Gainesville, FL; New York, NY. Rank 340th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist physicians receiving $152 across 6 payments (average $152; 485th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
What does NUCC code 2279C0205X mean?
Critical Care Registered Respiratory Therapist is NUCC taxonomy 2279C0205X in the Respiratory Therapist, Registered group. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment, not board certification.
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 2026-08-27.