NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doula providers in the U.S.

18,475 NPPES records list doula as their primary taxonomy, about 5.5 per 100,000 residents; Oregon and Rhode Island have the most per resident. 3 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 374J00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

What taxonomy code 374J00000X means

374J00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Doula, in the grouping Nursing Service Related Providers. 18,475 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).

Doulas work in a variety of settings and have been trained to provide physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother before, during, and just after birth and/or provide emotional and practical support to a mother during the postpartum period.

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

  1. Oregon20.4
  2. Rhode Island14.3
  3. Washington13.6
  4. Michigan13.3
  5. Massachusetts13.1
  6. District of Columbia12.1
  7. Colorado9.6
  8. California9.1
  9. 50 states and D.C.5.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 374J00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

Portland has the most, 322

  1. Portland, OR322
  2. Brooklyn, NY291
  3. Seattle, WA238
  4. Los Angeles, CA232
  5. Detroit, MI220
  6. San Francisco, CA185
  7. Chicago, IL185
  8. San Diego, CA152

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 374J00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.

All 51 by state

StateRecordsPer 100,000
Alabama591.2
Alaska202.7
Arizona1401.9
Arkansas762.5
California3,5429.1
Colorado5659.6
Connecticut1393.8
Delaware636.1
District of Columbia8212.1
Florida1,0654.7
Georgia4003.6
Hawaii422.9
Idaho331.7
Illinois5074.0
Indiana1532.2
Iowa1213.8
Kansas1053.6
Kentucky1012.2
Louisiana1543.4
Maine312.2
Maryland4537.3
Massachusetts91413.1
Michigan1,33513.3
Minnesota3255.7
Mississippi270.9
Missouri3525.7
StateRecordsPer 100,000
Montana171.5
Nebraska371.9
Nevada1083.4
New Hampshire443.1
New Jersey7157.7
New Mexico924.4
New York1,2846.6
North Carolina4374.0
North Dakota121.5
Ohio3813.2
Oklahoma1664.1
Oregon86220.4
Pennsylvania5154.0
Rhode Island15714.3
South Carolina1382.6
South Dakota343.7
Tennessee1502.1
Texas6532.1
Utah692.0
Vermont172.6
Virginia5526.4
Washington1,05913.6
West Virginia171.0
Wisconsin1302.2
Wyoming152.6

In federal data

  • NUCC code374J00000X
  • Size rank62nd of 688 specialties by records (0.25% of all)
  • Part D prescribers3 (under 0.1% of records)
  • Part D claims115 a year per prescriber, on average (330th of 496)
  • Industry payments2 physicians paid $262 in 2024, $131 each on average
  • Concentration7 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 doula records

  1. Kaitlin ReileyAnchorage, AK1497399455
  2. Tirzah Murphy, CDAnchorage, AK1588991905
  3. Hayley KocinskiAnchorage, AK1134820749
  4. Rebecca PullinsAnchorage, AK1932047750
  5. Heather ZollerAnchorage, AK1053855676
  6. Heather Reier, CD(DONA)Anchorage, AK1306170931
  7. Anna ChaAnchorage, AK1528319647
  8. Kanisha Tiedeman, DOULACordova, AK1538856984
  9. Victoria Gonzalez, BCD, BPEEagle River, AK1376027763
  10. Cassandra Vinson, CNA, PBTWasilla, AK1588360556
  11. Kaleigh BowdenPalmer, AK1376041616
  12. Gina GilbertPalmer, AK1720689243
  13. Christine Rogers, CPLD, CPPDPalmer, AK1861129322
  14. Karen Wenger, CD(DONA)Wasilla, AK1336717826
  15. Delissa OwenSoldotna, AK1952169070
  16. Bonnie SmithSterling, AK1427484419

Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.

Common questions

Where does the large Doula headcount concentrate?

18,475 Doula NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 3,542. Top metros include Portland, OR; Brooklyn, NY; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA. Nationally this is 62nd of 688 NUCC codes.

How large is Doula's Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 2 Doula physicians totaling $262 (3 payments; average $131, 393rd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Doula Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Doula NPIs, 3 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 115 claims and $6K drug cost per prescriber; 330th 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.