NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) in California

559 NPPES records list lactation consultant (non-rn) with a practice address in California, 1.4 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 51. Los Angeles and San Diego have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 12 of 12.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 174N00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Los Angeles has the most, 41

  1. Los Angeles41
  2. San Diego25
  3. San Francisco25
  4. Sacramento15
  5. Oakland13

Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) records in California

  1. Kavisa Wood, IBCLCSacramento, CA 958351457036675
  2. Jessica Wright, IBCLCNorth Hollywood, CA 916021275342230
  3. Darcy Wronkiewicz, IBCLC, CD(DONA)Ventura, CA 930031073970315
  4. Christine Young, IBCLCSacramento, CA 958221689916736
  5. Kayellen Young, IBCLC, RLCCathedral City, CA 922341184917031
  6. Kathryn Zachary, CD(DONA), IBCLCLos Angeles, CA 900391962744250
  7. Lingxiao ZhengChino, CA 917101295399467
  8. Jesse Zilberstein, IBCLCWoodland Hills, CA 913671346630191
  9. Amy Zimmermann, IBCLCFontana, CA 923361568151611

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174N00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 6 of 51 per resident

  1. Colorado1.7
  2. North Carolina1.6
  3. New Jersey1.6
  4. California1.4
  5. Vermont1.4
  6. New Mexico1.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174N00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.1% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. California0.0%
  2. United States0.1%

Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 559 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more276 · 49.4% here, 45.6% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 174N00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

559 NPPES records list lactation consultant (non-rn) (174N00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 1.4 per 100,000 residents against 1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 41 of them (7%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Texas288
  2. New York240
  3. North Carolina177
  4. Florida175

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Mexico1.4
  2. New Jersey1.6
  3. Maryland1.3
  4. Illinois1.2

The largest states

  1. Texas288
  2. New York240
  3. North Carolina177
  4. Florida175
  5. Illinois150

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.