Doula
NUCC 374J00000X
18,044 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 60th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Doula ranks 60th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.25% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Oregon leads.
- 18,044
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 60th
- of 690 specialties
- 681
- state-share HHI
- 0%
- Part D prescriber share
Oregon is densest per capita (3.9× the national rate; Rhode Island 2.6×).
Taxonomy fingerprint
Doula (NUCC 374J00000X; 0% Part D prescribers (6 of 18,044); avg 94 Part D claims/prescriber (495th of 572); Open Payments avg $302/physician (428th of 551; 11 paid, $3K total); state-share HHI 681; next-larger headcount neighbor Rehabilitation Practitioner (+737); next-smaller Hospitalist Physician (-94)).
Next larger: Rehabilitation Practitioner (18,781) Next smaller: Hospitalist Physician (17,950)
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
- Oregon 3.9× · 20.7/100k
- Rhode Island 2.6× · 14.1/100k
- Washington 2.5× · 13.5/100k
- Michigan 2.4× · 13/100k
- Massachusetts 2.4× · 12.6/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 0.06× · 0.3/100k
- Mississippi 0.17× · 0.9/100k
- West Virginia 0.20× · 1.1/100k
- Alabama 0.21× · 1.1/100k
- Idaho 0.28× · 1.5/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 3,478 |
| 2 | Michigan | 1,302 |
| 3 | New York | 1,248 |
| 4 | Washington | 1,052 |
| 5 | Florida | 1,027 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 882 |
| 7 | Oregon | 876 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 699 |
| 9 | Texas | 652 |
| 10 | Colorado | 562 |
| 11 | Virginia | 532 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | 501 |
| 13 | Illinois | 470 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 429 |
| 15 | Maryland | 417 |
Top Cities for Doula
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PortlandOregon | 331 |
| 2 | BrooklynNew York | 280 |
| 3 | SeattleWashington | 235 |
| 4 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 227 |
| 5 | DetroitMichigan | 210 |
| 6 | ChicagoIllinois | 177 |
| 7 | San FranciscoCalifornia | 172 |
| 8 | San DiegoCalifornia | 152 |
| 9 | OaklandCalifornia | 148 |
| 10 | MinneapolisMinnesota | 143 |
| 11 | RichmondVirginia | 139 |
| 12 | BuffaloNew York | 128 |
Sample Doula NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Christie Grover, M.P.T., CERT. M.D.TLawrenceville, NJ |
| 2 | Miriam Maldonado, LMDoral, FL |
| 3 | Julie Brehm, PTCincinnati, OH |
| 4 | Emily Goodman-Simeone, LMSWDuxbury, MA |
| 5 | Sheila Caldwell, FNP-BCDetroit, MI |
| 6 | Sandra AllySan Francisco, CA |
| 7 | Heidi Jones, D.C.Sacramento, CA |
| 8 | Kathy Billips, MS, LBPBroken Arrow, OK |
| 9 | Krystal Long, B.A., CLCGardnerville, NV |
| 10 | Lyniece McNair-Levi, MS, AT, ATCGrand Blanc, MI |
| 11 | Erin PetersonGainesville, FL |
| 12 | Brooke Shaw, BA, CLCSaint Louis, MO |
| 13 | Maria VillafuerteBakersfield, CA |
| 14 | Heather Tweedie, OTRBend, OR |
| 15 | Norma Marquez VenegasWatsonville, CA |
| 16 | Susanna Alongi, LMTBellingham, WA |
| 17 | Rochelle McLean, IBCLCCarlsbad, CA |
| 18 | Gretchen Andrews, IBCLCRedlands, CA |
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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