Legal Medicine
NUCC 173000000X
1,045 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 50 states · 259th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Legal Medicine ranks 259th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Puerto Rico leads.
- 1,045
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 259th
- of 690 specialties
- 613
- state-share HHI
- 40.1%
- Part D prescriber share
Puerto Rico is densest per capita (3× the national rate; Hawaii 2.7×).
Taxonomy fingerprint
Legal Medicine (NUCC 173000000X; 40.1% Part D prescribers (419 of 1,045); avg 2,818 Part D claims/prescriber (33rd of 572); Open Payments avg $3K/physician (160th of 551; 260 paid, $767K total); state-share HHI 613; next-larger headcount neighbor Transplant Surgery Physician (+6); next-smaller Oncology Registered Nurse (-20)).
Next larger: Transplant Surgery Physician (1,051) Next smaller: Oncology Registered Nurse (1,025)
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
- Puerto Rico 3× · 0.9/100k
- Hawaii 2.7× · 0.8/100k
- New York 2.4× · 0.7/100k
- New Mexico 2.3× · 0.7/100k
- Montana 2× · 0.6/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Ohio 0.41× · 0.1/100k
- Indiana 0.42× · 0.1/100k
- Connecticut 0.45× · 0.1/100k
- Texas 0.51× · 0.2/100k
- Missouri 0.52× · 0.2/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 142 |
| 2 | New York | 142 |
| 3 | Florida | 99 |
| 4 | Texas | 48 |
| 5 | Illinois | 46 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 42 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 41 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 36 |
| 9 | Maryland | 34 |
| 10 | Puerto Rico | 30 |
| 11 | Washington | 25 |
| 12 | Virginia | 24 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 21 |
| 14 | Georgia | 20 |
| 15 | Utah | 19 |
Top Cities for Legal Medicine
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrooklynNew York | 26 |
| 2 | New YorkNew York | 21 |
| 3 | MiamiFlorida | 14 |
| 4 | ChicagoIllinois | 14 |
| 5 | AlbuquerqueNew Mexico | 12 |
| 6 | PittsburghPennsylvania | 12 |
| 7 | BronxNew York | 10 |
| 8 | BaltimoreMaryland | 9 |
| 9 | San JuanPuerto Rico | 9 |
| 10 | HoustonTexas | 9 |
| 11 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 8 |
| 12 | TucsonArizona | 7 |
Sample Legal Medicine NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Narasimha Reddy, M.D.Glasgow, KY |
| 2 | Barret Lessenberry, M.D.Glasgow, KY |
| 3 | Stephen Rose, M.D.Gallatin, TN |
| 4 | Emmanuel Obi, MDBrownsville, TN |
| 5 | Gerald Winnan, M.D.Frederick, MD |
| 6 | Luat Duckett, M.D.Greenbelt, MD |
| 7 | Jacqueline Tran, M.D.Sacramento, CA |
| 8 | Robert Nolan, MDLouisville, KY |
| 9 | Janet Fannin, R.D.Ashland, KY |
| 10 | Patricia Jones, M.DLees Summit, MO |
| 11 | Linda Wray, M.D.Burien, WA |
| 12 | Raymond Valpey, M.D.Burien, WA |
| 13 | Susan Plymale, R.D.Ashland, KY |
| 14 | James Scovil, M.D.Raleigh, NC |
| 15 | Venkataiah Gutta, MDGaffney, SC |
| 16 | April Tolbert, FNP-CIndianapolis, IN |
| 17 | Anthony Colangelo, M.D.Ellwood City, PA |
| 18 | Michael Margolin, MDCranford, NJ |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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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
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