Emergency Registered Nurse
NUCC 163WE0003X · Registered Nurse
4,729 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 54 states · 133rd of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Emergency Registered Nurse ranks 133rd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.06% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident New Mexico leads.
- 4,729
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 133rd
- of 690 specialties
- 377
- state-share HHI
- 16.2%
- Part D prescriber share
New Mexico is densest per capita (7× the national rate; North Dakota 4.8×); 1.6% of the Registered Nurse category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Emergency Registered Nurse (NUCC 163WE0003X; 16.2% Part D prescribers (767 of 4,729); avg 743 Part D claims/prescriber (223rd of 572); Open Payments avg $448/physician (373rd of 551; 444 paid, $199K total); state-share HHI 377; next-larger headcount neighbor Nutritionist (+227); next-smaller Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist (-17)).
Next larger: Nutritionist (4,956) Next smaller: Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist (4,712)
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
- New Mexico 7× · 9.7/100k
- North Dakota 4.8× · 6.6/100k
- South Dakota 4.6× · 6.4/100k
- Delaware 4.5× · 6.3/100k
- Wyoming 4× · 5.7/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Louisiana 0.38× · 0.5/100k
- Puerto Rico 0.47× · 0.7/100k
- New Jersey 0.47× · 0.7/100k
- Mississippi 0.49× · 0.7/100k
- Connecticut 0.55× · 0.8/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 468 |
| 2 | Texas | 303 |
| 3 | New York | 259 |
| 4 | Indiana | 257 |
| 5 | Florida | 236 |
| 6 | Arizona | 231 |
| 7 | New Mexico | 206 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 196 |
| 9 | Washington | 163 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 127 |
| 11 | Georgia | 117 |
| 12 | Illinois | 111 |
| 13 | Ohio | 109 |
| 14 | Kansas | 108 |
| 15 | Michigan | 105 |
Top Cities for Emergency Registered Nurse
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GallupNew Mexico | 178 |
| 2 | IndianapolisIndiana | 56 |
| 3 | New YorkNew York | 54 |
| 4 | San AntonioTexas | 48 |
| 5 | LewesDelaware | 47 |
| 6 | PhoenixArizona | 43 |
| 7 | DetroitMichigan | 40 |
| 8 | Kansas CityMissouri | 40 |
| 9 | BrooklynNew York | 40 |
| 10 | Fort DefianceArizona | 39 |
| 11 | HoustonTexas | 34 |
| 12 | ChicagoIllinois | 33 |
Sample Emergency Registered Nurse NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Steinbarger, NPMuncie, IN |
| 2 | Kurt Blackman, DNP, APRNBushnell, FL |
| 3 | Karin Riepe, RN, MSN, CS, FNPNorth Kansas City, MO |
| 4 | Jennifer Scott, MSN RN FNPShawnee, KS |
| 5 | Karmen Goosey, RN MSN CS FNPNorth Kansas City, MO |
| 6 | Karen Hutton Rotert, RN, MSN, FNP-CNorth Kansas City, MO |
| 7 | Lee Petrarca, RN, MSN, CEN, FNP-CLong Beach, CA |
| 8 | Frederick Puleo, BSN, RNTripler Amc, HI |
| 9 | David Surber, RNPensacola, FL |
| 10 | Laurie Isaacson, RNFt Carson, CO |
| 11 | Sandra Charron, RNMilwaukee, WI |
| 12 | Lena HirstAlbuquerque, NM |
| 13 | Shirley Harrell, NPDouglas, GA |
| 14 | James Caudill, RNJacksonville, NC |
| 15 | Vicki Lewis, RNCherokee, NC |
| 16 | Sheryl Veurink-Balicki, R.N.Grand Rapids, MI |
| 17 | Joshua Stauffer, NURSE PRACTITIONERFort Stewart, GA |
| 18 | Daniel Smith, NPGriffin, GA |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Registered Nurse category.
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.