Family Nurse Practitioner
NUCC 363LF0000X · Nurse Practitioner
210,832 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 56 states · 7th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Family Nurse Practitioner ranks 7th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (2.97% of all registered NPIs), densest in Florida; per resident Mississippi leads.
- 210,832
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 7th
- of 690 specialties
- 412
- state-share HHI
- 56.5%
- Part D prescriber share
Mississippi is densest per capita (1.9× the national rate; Kentucky 1.8×); 46.2% of the Nurse Practitioner category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Family Nurse Practitioner (NUCC 363LF0000X; 56.5% Part D prescribers (119,072 of 210,832); avg 1,222 Part D claims/prescriber (97th of 567); Open Payments avg $678/physician (316th of 552; 91,282 paid, $61.9M total); state-share HHI 412; next-larger headcount neighbor Physical Therapist (+44,986); next-smaller Speech-Language Pathologist (-21,273)).
Next larger: Physical Therapist (255,818) Next smaller: Speech-Language Pathologist (189,559)
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
- Mississippi 1.9× · 118.2/100k
- Kentucky 1.8× · 110.6/100k
- Tennessee 1.8× · 109.9/100k
- West Virginia 1.7× · 108.4/100k
- North Dakota 1.5× · 92.5/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 0.04× · 2.6/100k
- Guam 0.23× · 14.3/100k
- Northern Mariana Islands 0.24× · 14.8/100k
- Virgin Islands 0.33× · 20.7/100k
- New Jersey 0.61× · 37.8/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 20,572 |
| 2 | Texas | 18,789 |
| 3 | California | 15,115 |
| 4 | New York | 12,508 |
| 5 | Ohio | 8,606 |
| 6 | Georgia | 7,908 |
| 7 | Tennessee | 7,834 |
| 8 | Illinois | 7,064 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 6,508 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 5,858 |
| 11 | Virginia | 5,712 |
| 12 | Arizona | 5,245 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 5,006 |
| 14 | Indiana | 4,899 |
| 15 | Michigan | 4,866 |
Top Cities for Family Nurse Practitioner
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MiamiFlorida | 2,611 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 2,215 |
| 3 | New YorkNew York | 1,944 |
| 4 | ChicagoIllinois | 1,461 |
| 5 | San AntonioTexas | 1,237 |
| 6 | NashvilleTennessee | 1,209 |
| 7 | LouisvilleKentucky | 1,172 |
| 8 | PhoenixArizona | 1,098 |
| 9 | DallasTexas | 1,088 |
| 10 | TampaFlorida | 1,083 |
| 11 | BrooklynNew York | 1,060 |
| 12 | Las VegasNevada | 1,052 |
Sample Family Nurse Practitioner NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bertha Arenas, FNPSan Antonio, TX |
| 2 | Glenda Petroff, FNPCAbita Springs, LA |
| 3 | Mary Ditman, C.F.N.P.Springfield, IL |
| 4 | Kathryn Kolton, FNPWatertown, NY |
| 5 | Kay Murphy, NPLyles, TN |
| 6 | Barbara Ruiter, CRNPWarren, OH |
| 7 | Lori Ellis, NPSearcy, AR |
| 8 | Tracy Chapman, F.N.P.Morganton, NC |
| 9 | David Dempsey, DNP FNP-BCNorth Bangor, NY |
| 10 | George Markwardt, NPIlion, NY |
| 11 | Lynne Kline, CRNPHagerstown, MD |
| 12 | Tirsa Quartullo, CFNPPhoenix, AZ |
| 13 | Kathy White, FNPMemphis, TN |
| 14 | Susan Vild, MSN, RN, FNP COregon, OH |
| 15 | Brenda Carrier, CRNPErie, PA |
| 16 | Vera Hopper, APRNHazard, KY |
| 17 | Maureen Larkin, FNPLake Success, NY |
| 18 | Kellie Noonan, CRNPSalisbury, MD |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Nurse Practitioner 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
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