NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doula in Texas

653 NPPES records list doula with a practice address in Texas, 2.1 per 100,000 residents, the 41st highest rate of 51. Houston and Austin have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search. Page 14 of 14.

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

Houston has the most, 65

Doula records in Texas

  1. Susan YoungHouston, TX 770571326493818
  2. Tanya ZalAustin, TX 787021477141869
  3. Desiree Zito, CD, PCD, CCE, LEKilleen, TX 765441578330767

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

Texas ranks 41 of 51 per resident

  1. Indiana2.2
  2. Maine2.2
  3. Wisconsin2.2
  4. Texas2.1
  5. Tennessee2.1
  6. Utah2.0
  7. 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.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against under 0.1% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Texas0.0%
  2. United States0.0%

Doula records in Texas, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 653 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more225 · 34.5% here, 21.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 374J00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

653 NPPES records list doula (374J00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 2.1 per 100,000 residents against 5.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Houston has 65 of them (10%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. New Jersey715
  2. Colorado565
  3. Virginia552
  4. Pennsylvania515

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee2.1
  2. Wisconsin2.2
  3. Maine2.2
  4. Indiana2.2

The largest states

  1. California3,542
  2. Michigan1,335
  3. New York1,284
  4. Florida1,065
  5. Washington1,059

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.