Independent Duty Corpsman

NUCC 1710I1002X · Military Health Care Provider

3,023 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 46 states · 161st of 690 specialties by headcount.

3,023
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
46
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
1,388 providers
$2K
Open Pay avg
206th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Independent Duty Corpsman ranks 161st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.04% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Connecticut leads.

3,023
NPPES providers in specialty
161st
of 690 specialties
2424
state-share HHI
0.2%
Part D prescriber share

Connecticut is densest per capita (6.2× the national rate; Hawaii 6×); 40.2% of the Military Health Care Provider category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Independent Duty Corpsman (NUCC 1710I1002X; 0.2% Part D prescribers (6 of 3,023); avg 384 Part D claims/prescriber (328th of 572); Open Payments avg $2K/physician (206th of 551; 2 paid, $3K total); state-share HHI 2,424; next-larger headcount neighbor Military Health Care Provider (+133); next-smaller Pediatric Registered Nurse (-49)).

Next larger: Military Health Care Provider (3,156) Next smaller: Pediatric Registered Nurse (2,974)

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

Under-indexed vs national rate

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California1,388
2North Carolina335
3Virginia305
4Connecticut200
5Florida118
6Washington84
7Hawaii77
8Texas69
9Maryland53
10Mississippi46
11Georgia44
12Illinois35
13South Carolina30
14Rhode Island21
15Tennessee18

Top Cities for Independent Duty Corpsman

#CityProviders
1San DiegoCalifornia1,001
2Camp LejeuneNorth Carolina218
3GrotonConnecticut181
4Camp PendletonCalifornia114
5Virginia BeachVirginia104
6NorfolkVirginia82
7JacksonvilleFlorida48
8PortsmouthVirginia43
9OceansideCalifornia38
10JacksonvilleNorth Carolina36
11SilverdaleWashington32
12Port HuenemeCalifornia29

Sample Independent Duty Corpsman NPIs

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

#Provider
1Shawn Getola, HS / AMSMemphis, TN
2Aaron Fulcher, HSCurtis Bay, MD
3Emmett Blount, IDHSChesapeake, VA
4Todd Emerson, INDEPENDENT DUTY HSCape May, NJ
5Kevin Bishop, IDHSWashington, DC
6Richard NealSaint Marys, GA
7John Wallace, IDCNorfolk, VA
8Eric Cousin, SURFACE IDCBelle Chasse, LA
9Michael Ballard, IDCMillington, TN
10Timothy Francis, IDCMillington, TN
11Ronald DaileyNew Orleans, LA
12Wendell BatesNew Orleans, LA
13Mario Martin, IDCSan Diego, CA
14Michael Garritson, IDCSan Diego, CA
15Edward Biggs, IDCSan Diego, CA
16Walter McCorkill, IDC USNNorfolk, VA
17Franklin Jensen, IDCNorfolk, VA
18Matthew Benton, CORPSMANTraverse City, MI

Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Military Health Care Provider category.

Compare Independent Duty Corpsman vs Military Health Care Provider →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Independent Duty Corpsman headcount concentrate?
3,023 Independent Duty Corpsman NPIs span 46 states; California alone holds 1,388. Top metros include San Diego, CA; Camp Lejeune, NC; Groton, CT; Camp Pendleton, CA. Nationally this is 161st of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Independent Duty Corpsman's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 2 Independent Duty Corpsman physicians totaling $3K (83 payments; average $2K, 206th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Independent Duty Corpsman Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Independent Duty Corpsman NPIs, 6 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 384 claims and $55K drug cost per prescriber; 328th 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.