Hypertension Specialist Physician

NUCC 207RH0005X · Internal Medicine

40 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 21 states · 596th of 690 specialties by headcount.

40
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
21
States
with ≥1 NPI
Florida
Top state
4 providers
$17K
Open Pay avg
19th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Hypertension Specialist Physician ranks 596th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in Florida.

40
NPPES providers in specialty
596th
of 690 specialties
613
state-share HHI
75%
Part D prescriber share

7 states hold half of this specialty's national roster; 0% of the Internal Medicine category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Hypertension Specialist Physician (NUCC 207RH0005X; 75% Part D prescribers (30 of 40); avg 2,568 Part D claims/prescriber (38th of 572); Open Payments avg $17K/physician (19th of 551; 26 paid, $451K total); state-share HHI 613; next-larger headcount neighbor Thermography Chiropractor (+1); next-smaller Oral Medicine Dentistry (-1)).

Next larger: Thermography Chiropractor (41) Next smaller: Oral Medicine Dentistry (39)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1Florida4
2Virginia4
3Wisconsin4
4Illinois3
5California2
6Louisiana2
7Mississippi2
8North Carolina2

Sample Hypertension Specialist Physician NPIs

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

#Provider
1Stephen Lewis, M.D.Cincinnati, OH
2Margaret Collins, MDWilmington, NC
3William White, MDFarmington, CT
4Brent Videau, MDPensacola, FL
5Michael O'Shea, MDKeene, NH
6Balaji Athreya, M.DSpringfield, MA
7Patrick McBride, MD MPHMadison, WI
8Karen Moncher, MDMadison, WI
9James Stein, MDMadison, WI
10Steven Havard, MDMansfield, TX
11Gary Conrad, M.D.Pasadena, CA
12Cheryl Laffer, M. D.Nashville, TN

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Hypertension Specialist Physician a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 40 NPIs list Hypertension Specialist Physician as primary taxonomy across 21 states (peak Florida, 4). That is 596th 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 Hypertension Specialist Physician NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 26 paid Hypertension Specialist Physician physicians totaling $451K (451 payments; average $17K, 19th 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 Hypertension Specialist Physician NPIs, 30 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 2,568 claims and $328K drug cost per prescriber; 38th 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

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.