Hypertension Specialist Physician providers in the U.S.
19 NPPES records list hypertension specialist physician as their primary taxonomy; Mississippi and Connecticut have the most per resident. 13 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207RH0005X means
207RH0005X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Internal Medicine, Hypertension Specialist, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 19 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A Hypertension Specialist is a physician who concentrates on all aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension.
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 207RH0005X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Farmington has the most, 2
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RH0005X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 14 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1 | 0.0 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 0.1 |
| Florida | 3 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 1 | 0.0 |
| Maryland | 1 | 0.0 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 1 | 0.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 3 | 0.1 |
| New York | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ohio | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 0.0 |
| Texas | 1 | 0.0 |
| Virginia | 1 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207RH0005X · Internal Medicine
- Size rank640th of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- In its family28th of 31 Internal Medicine codes, 0% of the family
- Part D prescribers13 (68.4% of records)
- Part D claims3,198 a year per prescriber, on average (14th of 496)
- Industry payments10 physicians paid $491K in 2024, $49K each on average
- Concentration5 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 hypertension specialist physician records
- Sachin Pasricha, MD, ABIM, FRCPCPalo Alto, CA1265311526
- Beatriz Esayag-Tendler, MDFarmington, CT1023015898
- William White, MDFarmington, CT1760489546
- Suzanne Zentko, MDGainesville, FL1326083254
- Luigi Cubeddu, MDDavie, FL1295192912
- William Pettinger, M.D.Bonita Springs, FL1578989174
- John Flack, MD, MPHSpringfield, IL1164450987
- Balaji Athreya, M.DSpringfield, MA1598745010
- Wallace Johnson, M.D.Baltimore, MD1043253867
- Robert Brook, MDDetroit, MI1720163793
- James Lock, MDWalnut Grove, MS1063499002
- Bryan Batson, MDHattiesburg, MS1104840958
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Why is Hypertension Specialist Physician a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 19 NPIs list Hypertension Specialist Physician as primary taxonomy across 14 states (peak Florida, 3). That is 640th of 688 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Hypertension Specialist Physician NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 10 paid Hypertension Specialist Physician physicians totaling $491K (196 payments; average $49K, 7th of 470 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 Hypertension Specialist Physician NPIs, 13 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 3,198 claims and $397K drug cost per prescriber; 14th 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.