General Practice Registered Nurse providers in the U.S.
4,608 NPPES records list general practice registered nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 1.3 per 100,000 residents; Hawaii and Wyoming have the most per resident. 111 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 163WG0000X means
163WG0000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Registered Nurse, General Practice, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 4,608 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 163WG0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Brooklyn has the most, 62
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WG0000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 41 | 0.8 |
| Alaska | 21 | 2.9 |
| Arizona | 81 | 1.1 |
| Arkansas | 26 | 0.8 |
| California | 460 | 1.2 |
| Colorado | 124 | 2.1 |
| Connecticut | 17 | 0.5 |
| Delaware | 21 | 2.0 |
| District of Columbia | 17 | 2.5 |
| Florida | 227 | 1.0 |
| Georgia | 100 | 0.9 |
| Hawaii | 83 | 5.8 |
| Idaho | 33 | 1.7 |
| Illinois | 90 | 0.7 |
| Indiana | 70 | 1.0 |
| Iowa | 33 | 1.0 |
| Kansas | 57 | 1.9 |
| Kentucky | 30 | 0.7 |
| Louisiana | 28 | 0.6 |
| Maine | 19 | 1.4 |
| Maryland | 52 | 0.8 |
| Massachusetts | 175 | 2.5 |
| Michigan | 119 | 1.2 |
| Minnesota | 90 | 1.6 |
| Mississippi | 24 | 0.8 |
| Missouri | 69 | 1.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 22 | 1.9 |
| Nebraska | 46 | 2.3 |
| Nevada | 43 | 1.3 |
| New Hampshire | 16 | 1.1 |
| New Jersey | 72 | 0.8 |
| New Mexico | 37 | 1.7 |
| New York | 633 | 3.2 |
| North Carolina | 69 | 0.6 |
| North Dakota | 20 | 2.6 |
| Ohio | 292 | 2.5 |
| Oklahoma | 57 | 1.4 |
| Oregon | 74 | 1.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 146 | 1.1 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | 1.5 |
| South Carolina | 37 | 0.7 |
| South Dakota | 31 | 3.4 |
| Tennessee | 70 | 1.0 |
| Texas | 229 | 0.8 |
| Utah | 36 | 1.1 |
| Vermont | 8 | 1.2 |
| Virginia | 57 | 0.7 |
| Washington | 127 | 1.6 |
| West Virginia | 29 | 1.6 |
| Wisconsin | 104 | 1.8 |
| Wyoming | 30 | 5.1 |
In federal data
- NUCC code163WG0000X · Registered Nurse
- Size rank137th of 688 specialties by records (0.06% of all)
- In its family7th of 56 Registered Nurse codes, 1.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers111 (2.4% of records)
- Part D claims1,419 a year per prescriber, on average (48th of 496)
- Industry payments102 physicians paid $40K in 2024, $394 each on average
- Concentration8 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 general practice registered nurse records
- Angela Conway, RNAnchorage, AK1962994210
- Eva Holmes, RNAnchorage, AK1740744457
- Dalene FisherAnchorage, AK1316594690
- Jennifer Dieken, RNAnchorage, AK1851195176
- Jean Curtis, RNAnchorage, AK1982980041
- Sheilah Kean, RNKenai, AK1891559621
- Cynthia LangPalmer, AK1518608892
- Jean LauerWasilla, AK1619734365
- Peggy Marsh, R.N.Talkeetna, AK1023206364
- Lynne Williams, RNTalkeetna, AK1083466767
- Karissa Persson, RNFairbanks, AK1790208775
- Ryan Keener, RNFairbanks, AK1841788726
- James Roush, RN-MSNFairbanks, AK1649762113
- Gloria Smith, RNFt Wainwright, AK1356313118
- Kim Matthews, FNPBrevig Mission, AK1265583207
- Elizabeth Commodore, RNJuneau, AK1942328133
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large General Practice Registered Nurse headcount concentrate?
4,608 General Practice Registered Nurse NPIs span 54 states; New York alone holds 633. Top metros include Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; San Juan, PR; Honolulu, HI. Nationally this is 137th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is General Practice Registered Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 102 General Practice Registered Nurse physicians totaling $40K (1,282 payments; average $394, 304th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is General Practice Registered Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among General Practice Registered Nurse NPIs, 111 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,419 claims and $195K drug cost per prescriber; 48th 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.