Emergency Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
3,644 NPPES records list emergency registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 1.1 per 100,000 residents; New Mexico and Delaware have the most per resident. 37 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WE0003X means
163WE0003X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, Emergency, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 3,644 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
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
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WE0003X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Gallup has the most, 178
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WE0003X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 40 | 0.8 |
| Alaska | 23 | 3.1 |
| Arizona | 179 | 2.4 |
| Arkansas | 17 | 0.6 |
| California | 369 | 0.9 |
| Colorado | 74 | 1.3 |
| Connecticut | 13 | 0.4 |
| Delaware | 64 | 6.2 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | 1.2 |
| Florida | 146 | 0.6 |
| Georgia | 77 | 0.7 |
| Hawaii | 11 | 0.8 |
| Idaho | 24 | 1.2 |
| Illinois | 84 | 0.7 |
| Indiana | 209 | 3.0 |
| Iowa | 46 | 1.4 |
| Kansas | 91 | 3.1 |
| Kentucky | 33 | 0.7 |
| Louisiana | 15 | 0.3 |
| Maine | 24 | 1.7 |
| Maryland | 25 | 0.4 |
| Massachusetts | 50 | 0.7 |
| Michigan | 90 | 0.9 |
| Minnesota | 76 | 1.3 |
| Mississippi | 11 | 0.4 |
| Missouri | 79 | 1.3 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 52 | 4.6 |
| Nebraska | 19 | 1.0 |
| Nevada | 36 | 1.1 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | 0.9 |
| New Jersey | 37 | 0.4 |
| New Mexico | 198 | 9.4 |
| New York | 206 | 1.1 |
| North Carolina | 102 | 0.9 |
| North Dakota | 47 | 6.0 |
| Ohio | 63 | 0.5 |
| Oklahoma | 79 | 1.9 |
| Oregon | 44 | 1.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 168 | 1.3 |
| Rhode Island | 14 | 1.3 |
| South Carolina | 57 | 1.1 |
| South Dakota | 53 | 5.8 |
| Tennessee | 34 | 0.5 |
| Texas | 216 | 0.7 |
| Utah | 24 | 0.7 |
| Vermont | 6 | 0.9 |
| Virginia | 50 | 0.6 |
| Washington | 137 | 1.8 |
| West Virginia | 18 | 1.0 |
| Wisconsin | 40 | 0.7 |
| Wyoming | 29 | 5.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WE0003X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank156th of 688 specialties by records (0.05% of all)
- In its family11th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 1.5% of the family
- Part D prescribers37 (1% of records)
- Part D claims364 a year per prescriber, on average (205th of 496)
- Industry payments25 physicians paid $3K in 2024, $127 each on average
- Concentration9 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 emergency registered nurse records
- Holly EscobarAnchorage, AK1255209854
- Kendalin Farthing, RNAnchorage, AK1831471929
- Liberty Helgeson, RNAnchorage, AK1013521145
- Krista Kandrick, RNAnchorage, AK1275402638
- Eric James, RNBethel, AK1932781366
- John Matthews, RNWasilla, AK1457553315
- Teresa FergusonSoldotna, AK1376404608
- Charles Jones, BSN/NREMT-PYakutat, AK1215761820
- Zak Anderson, RNNorth Pole, AK1598577934
- Gale Kehres, REGISTERED NURSESitka, AK1346361219
- Alyssa Sexton, RNSitka, AK1487775128
- Mary Jordan, RN,BSNSitka, AK1164545117
- George Burnstein, R.N.Sitka, AK1033316229
- Tahirih Lang, RNSitka, AK1194908319
- Deborah Beaudet, RNSitka, AK1336394584
- Jeri Rosenthal, RNSitka, AK1245461698
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Emergency Registered Nurse headcount concentrate?
3,644 Emergency Registered Nurse NPIs span 53 states; California alone holds 369. Top metros include Gallup, NM; Lewes, DE; Indianapolis, IN; New York, NY. Nationally this is 156th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Emergency Registered Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 25 Emergency Registered Nurse physicians totaling $3K (82 payments; average $127, 397th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Emergency Registered Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Emergency Registered Nurse NPIs, 37 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 364 claims and $36K drug cost per prescriber; 205th 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.