Interpreter

NUCC 171R00000X

4,208 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 141st of 690 specialties by headcount.

4,208
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
53
States
with ≥1 NPI
Washington
Top state
1,163 providers
$2K
Open Pay avg
203rd of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Interpreter ranks 141st of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.06% of all registered NPIs), densest in Washington; per resident Washington leads.

4,208
NPPES providers in specialty
141st
of 690 specialties
1105
state-share HHI
0%
Part D prescriber share

Washington is densest per capita (12× the national rate; Colorado 5×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Interpreter (NUCC 171R00000X; 0% Part D prescribers (1 of 4,208); avg 1,433 Part D claims/prescriber (80th of 572); Open Payments avg $2K/physician (203rd of 551; 1 paid, $2K total); state-share HHI 1,105; next-larger headcount neighbor Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (+7); next-smaller Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (-114)).

Next larger: Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (4,215) Next smaller: Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician (4,094)

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
1Washington1,163
2Colorado369
3Illinois352
4California338
5Florida262
6Texas207
7Oregon141
8New York134
9Virginia127
10Minnesota124
11Utah112
12Ohio73
13North Carolina68
14Arizona67
15Massachusetts53

Top Cities for Interpreter

#CityProviders
1ChicagoIllinois129
2SeattleWashington111
3YakimaWashington68
4DenverColorado61
5Salt Lake CityUtah61
6PascoWashington57
7TacomaWashington53
8VancouverWashington53
9KentWashington51
10AuroraColorado49
11Saint PaulMinnesota46
12EverettWashington41

Sample Interpreter NPIs

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

#Provider
1Karla Santos, INTERPRETERProvidence, RI
2Norma Benitez, CPHT, RPHT, CCMAFort Mc Coy, FL
3Gladys Rivera Vazquez, RPTBarceloneta, PR
4Adamy Diaz-Carpenter, LMT, NCBTMBPGreer, SC
5Jirom MicaelColumbus, OH
6Uriel EnriquezArlington, TX
7Diana OrtizSouth Bend, IN
8Lucila Jimenez, M.A., M.PHIL.New York, NY
9Maria CabadasElmhurst, IL
10Hugo Lau, LAC, LMP, MS, NCTMBRedmond, WA
11Jimmy Stout, BA CHAPLAINTucson, AZ
12Meycho Chao-Lee, ACSWRedding, CA
13Margarita RedmondPark Ridge, IL
14Bnejamin OrnelasPlainfield, IL
15Caitlin Bartholomew, BACHELOR OF SCIENCEJohnson City, TN
16Kelly Mitchell, ASSOCIATE DEGREE INTJohnson City, TN
17Susana Ambriz-VargasChicago, IL
18Perla JimenezChicago, IL

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Interpreter headcount concentrate?
4,208 Interpreter NPIs span 53 states; Washington alone holds 1,163. Top metros include Chicago, IL; Seattle, WA; Yakima, WA; Denver, CO. Nationally this is 141st of 690 NUCC codes.
How large is Interpreter's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1 Interpreter physicians totaling $2K (65 payments; average $2K, 203rd of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Interpreter Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Interpreter NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,433 claims and $155K drug cost per prescriber; 80th 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.