NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) in Texas

321 NPPES records list lactation consultant (registered nurse) with a practice address in Texas, 1.1 per 100,000 residents, the 34th highest rate of 51. Austin and Houston have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search. Page 7 of 7.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 163WL0100X · method

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

Austin has the most, 36

  1. Austin36
  2. Houston28
  3. Fort Worth13
  4. San Antonio12
  5. Cedar Park11

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) records in Texas

  1. Kendra Waldroup, RN, IBCLCParis, TX 754601609272079
  2. Sara Walsh, RN, IBCLCPort Isabel, TX 785781760063572
  3. Marlene Wark, RN, IBCLC, RLCHouston, TX 770541508113150
  4. Cindy Warner, RN, BSN, IBCLCAustin, TX 787291982296307
  5. Heather Weaks, BSN, RN, IBCLCMalakoff, TX 751481568127751
  6. Lori Wenner, RNC, IBCLCBeaumont, TX 777021437586682
  7. Shari Whitehead, RN, IBCLCGrand Prairie, TX 750501528880820
  8. Wendy Whitford, RN, IBCLCFort Worth, TX 762441528820651
  9. Misty Whoolery-Pratt, RN, IBCLCSweetwater, TX 795561972025435
  10. Tressa WilliamsGranbury, TX 760481194406892
  11. Amanda Willis, RN IBCLCKingwood, TX 773391134871775
  12. Stephanie WilsonSpring, TX 773891043169154
  13. Mary Wingo, RN-IBCLCSan Antonio, TX 782301740532639
  14. Kayleigh Woody, BSN, RN, IBCLCWhitney, TX 766921104363597
  15. Yueyang YangAustin, TX 787311942186523
  16. Sarah Yarbrough, RN, IBCLCPearland, TX 775811447719737
  17. Karen Zacharias-Enax, RN, BSN, IBCLCKingwood, TX 773391871050823
  18. Kelsey Zellmer, RN, IBCLCMcKinney, TX 750721952955429
  19. Leslye Zuercher, IBCLCFate, TX 751891588498117
  20. Sally ZukoskiFort Worth, TX 761041831951003
  21. Barbara Zuviri Ceres, RNC-LRN, IBCLC, RLCMcAllen, TX 785041134817984

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WL0100X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Texas ranks 34 of 51 per resident

  1. California1.1
  2. Utah1.1
  3. Montana1.1
  4. Texas1.1
  5. Indiana1.0
  6. Pennsylvania1.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WL0100X 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 0.3% 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. Texas0.0%
  2. United States0.3%

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) records in Texas, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 321 · 0.0% here, 0.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more130 · 40.5% here, 43.1% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 163WL0100X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

321 NPPES records list lactation consultant (registered nurse) (163WL0100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 1.1 per 100,000 residents against 1.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Austin has 36 of them (11%).

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. New York237
  2. Florida208
  3. Illinois202
  4. California443

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Montana1.1
  2. Utah1.1
  3. Indiana1.0
  4. Pennsylvania1.0

The largest states

  1. California443
  2. New York237
  3. Florida208
  4. Illinois202
  5. Virginia175

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.