Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
NUCC 207PE0004X · Emergency Medicine
3,651 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 152nd of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician ranks 152nd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.05% of all registered NPIs), densest in Michigan; per resident American Samoa leads.
- 3,651
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 152nd
- of 690 specialties
- 457
- state-share HHI
- 58.4%
- Part D prescriber share
American Samoa is densest per capita (10.6× the national rate; Utah 4.2×); 5.1% of the Emergency Medicine category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician (NUCC 207PE0004X; 58.4% Part D prescribers (2,133 of 3,651); avg 430 Part D claims/prescriber (311th of 572); Open Payments avg $1K/physician (254th of 551; 645 paid, $746K total); state-share HHI 457; next-larger headcount neighbor Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (+58); next-smaller Interventional Cardiology Physician (-86)).
Next larger: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (3,709) Next smaller: Interventional Cardiology Physician (3,565)
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
- American Samoa 10.6× · 11.4/100k
- Utah 4.2× · 4.5/100k
- Michigan 3.9× · 4.2/100k
- Alaska 3.2× · 3.4/100k
- Oklahoma 2.7× · 2.9/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Kentucky 0.41× · 0.4/100k
- Puerto Rico 0.46× · 0.5/100k
- South Dakota 0.50× · 0.5/100k
- New Jersey 0.52× · 0.6/100k
- Maryland 0.54× · 0.6/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | 423 |
| 2 | Texas | 301 |
| 3 | California | 286 |
| 4 | Florida | 216 |
| 5 | New York | 202 |
| 6 | Utah | 154 |
| 7 | Illinois | 137 |
| 8 | Washington | 134 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 117 |
| 10 | Georgia | 98 |
| 11 | Pennsylvania | 96 |
| 12 | Virginia | 96 |
| 13 | Ohio | 81 |
| 14 | Colorado | 79 |
| 15 | North Carolina | 79 |
Top Cities for Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AustinTexas | 72 |
| 2 | OrlandoFlorida | 64 |
| 3 | DetroitMichigan | 57 |
| 4 | Grand RapidsMichigan | 38 |
| 5 | SouthfieldMichigan | 37 |
| 6 | New YorkNew York | 34 |
| 7 | DallasTexas | 34 |
| 8 | Salt Lake CityUtah | 32 |
| 9 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 30 |
| 10 | RenoNevada | 29 |
| 11 | SeattleWashington | 28 |
| 12 | HoustonTexas | 27 |
Sample Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | George Castellano, M.D.St Marys, PA |
| 2 | Thomas Bowden, M.D.Franklinton, LA |
| 3 | Micah Hale, D.O.Scottsdale, AZ |
| 4 | Brian Barstad, M.D.Kennewick, WA |
| 5 | Judson Omans, MDLa Crosse, WI |
| 6 | John Pershing, MDLa Crosse, WI |
| 7 | Scott Brunk, MDLa Crosse, WI |
| 8 | John Zernia, MDLa Crosse, WI |
| 9 | John Beyer, M.D.W Reading, PA |
| 10 | Robert Zink, MDLa Crosse, WI |
| 11 | Benjamin Wedro, MDLa Crosse, WI |
| 12 | Gina Jordan, MDAnn Arbor, MI |
| 13 | Stephen Copps, MDLa Crosse, WI |
| 14 | Lawrence Warbasse, M.D.Traverse City, MI |
| 15 | Michael Salata, M.D.Traverse City, MI |
| 16 | Richard Woodbury, M.D.Traverse City, MI |
| 17 | Raymond Henthorn, MDMarietta, OH |
| 18 | William Rosenfeld, M.D.Dover, DE |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Emergency Medicine category.
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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
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.