Histology Technician

NUCC 246RH0600X · Technician, Pathology

25 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 16 states · 634th of 690 specialties by headcount.

25
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
16
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
5 providers
$25
Open Pay avg
540th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Histology Technician ranks 634th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident California leads.

25
NPPES providers in specialty
634th
of 690 specialties
976
state-share HHI
4%
Part D prescriber share

California is densest per capita (1.7× the national rate); 0.7% of the Technician, Pathology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Histology Technician (NUCC 246RH0600X; 4% Part D prescribers (1 of 25); avg 14,927 Part D claims/prescriber (2nd of 572); Open Payments avg $25/physician (540th of 551; 1 paid, $25 total); state-share HHI 976; next-larger headcount neighbor Biomedical Engineering Technician (+1); next-smaller Bone Densitometry Radiologic Technologist (-1)).

Next larger: Biomedical Engineering Technician (26) Next smaller: Bone Densitometry Radiologic Technologist (24)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California5
2Texas4
3Florida2
4North Dakota2
5Arizona1
6Colorado1
7Delaware1
8Idaho1

Sample Histology Technician NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Maggie Olson, MLTPlummer, ID
2Marco SotoModesto, CA
3Dwight BarhitePenrose, CO
4Melissa JohnsonTallahassee, FL
5Michael SchlichtRapid City, SD
6Krystal Yancy, HTHouston, TX
7Candy Bales, H.T.Houston, TX
8Shirley Jones, H.T.ASCPLake Jackson, TX
9Yvette PendletonBear, DE
10Melinda ChiaroLong Beach, CA
11Wayne Smith, HTNovato, CA
12Juliana LoraBrooklyn, NY

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Histology Technician a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 25 NPIs list Histology Technician as primary taxonomy across 16 states (peak California, 5). That is 634th of 690 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Histology Technician NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 paid Histology Technician physicians totaling $25 (1 payments; average $25, 540th of 551 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Histology Technician NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 14,927 claims and $696K drug cost per prescriber; 2nd of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
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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