Lactation Consultant (Non-RN)

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process. · Updated August 2026

NUCC 174N00000X · Lactation Consultant, Non-RN

3,757 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 149th of 690 specialties by headcount.

3,757

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

California

Top state

583 providers

$145

Open Pay avg

488th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) ranks 149th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.05% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.

3,757
NPPES providers in specialty: 149th
of 690 specialties: 555
state-share HHI: 0.2%
Part D prescriber share

District of Columbia is densest per capita (2.8× the national rate; Oregon 2×); 100% of the Lactation Consultant, Non-RN category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) (NUCC 174N00000X; 0.2% Part D prescribers (7 of 3,757); avg 607 Part D claims/prescriber (264th of 572); Open Payments avg $145/physician (488th of 551; 15 paid, $2K total); state-share HHI 555; next-larger headcount neighbor Gynecology Physician (+155); next-smaller Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (-36)).

Next larger: Gynecology Physician (3,912) Next smaller: Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (3,721)

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

District of Columbia 2.8× · 3.1/100k
Oregon 2× · 2.2/100k
Colorado 1.6× · 1.8/100k
New Jersey 1.6× · 1.7/100k
North Carolina 1.5× · 1.7/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Mississippi 0.28× · 0.3/100k
Alabama 0.30× · 0.3/100k
Wisconsin 0.37× · 0.4/100k
Kentucky 0.44× · 0.5/100k
Iowa 0.45× · 0.5/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	California	583	15.5%
2	Texas	313	8.3%
3	New York	269	7.2%
4	Florida	212	5.6%
5	North Carolina	182	4.8%
6	Illinois	180	4.8%
7	New Jersey	160	4.3%
8	Pennsylvania	153	4.1%
9	Georgia	125	3.3%
10	Colorado	107	2.8%
11	Virginia	103	2.7%
12	Michigan	98	2.6%
13	Oregon	93	2.5%
14	Maryland	88	2.3%
15	Massachusetts	86	2.3%

Top Cities for Lactation Consultant (Non-RN)

#	City	Providers
1	BrooklynNew York	68
2	AustinTexas	63
3	Los AngelesCalifornia	45
4	ChicagoIllinois	32
5	PortlandOregon	32
6	New YorkNew York	29
7	San FranciscoCalifornia	25
8	PhiladelphiaPennsylvania	25
9	DenverColorado	24
10	San DiegoCalifornia	22
11	HoustonTexas	22
12	WashingtonDistrict of Columbia	21

Sample Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) NPIs

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

#	Provider	State
1	Heidi Henrickson, DCWoburn, MA	Massachusetts
2	Patrice Jones, PAHartford, CT	Connecticut
3	Lauren Coovert, PA-CMonticello, IL	Illinois
4	Patricia Smith, OTRMonona, WI	Wisconsin
5	Jennifer Rahe-Thompson, D.C.Ankeny, IA	Iowa
6	Allyson Dacruz, PAC, IBCLCFarmington, CT	Connecticut
7	Kathleen Murphy, PAIthaca, NY	New York
8	Whitney Fose, MDWoodstock, GA	Georgia
9	Catherine Genna, BS, IBCLCWoodhaven, NY	New York
10	Riki Newman, OTR/L, IBCLCWestfield, NJ	New Jersey
11	Sanpri Purdy-Porter, PT, IBCLCCharlotte, NC	North Carolina
12	Bethany Gallagher, MS, SLPBaltimore, MD	Maryland
13	Lisa Marasco, IBCLCSanta Maria, CA	California
14	Elizabeth Brooks, JD IBCLCWyndmoor, PA	Pennsylvania
15	Patricia Lindsey, IBCLCMaitland, FL	Florida
16	Robin Frees, BA, CHT, IBCLCMalvern, PA	Pennsylvania
17	Rebecca Butler, IBCLCLa Plata, MD	Maryland
18	Deborah Gillespie, IBCLC, RLCChandler, AZ	Arizona

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the large Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) headcount concentrate?

3,757 Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) NPIs span 53 states; California alone holds 583. Top metros include Brooklyn, NY; Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL. Nationally this is 149th of 690 NUCC codes.

How large is Lactation Consultant (Non-RN)'s Open Payments footprint?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 15 Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) physicians totaling $2K (80 payments; average $145, 488th of 551). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How heavy is Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) Part D prescribing at scale?

Among Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) NPIs, 7 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 607 claims and $69K drug cost per prescriber; 264th 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.