Licensed Practical Nurse providers in the U.S.
72,220 NPPES records list licensed practical nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 22 per 100,000 residents; New York and Ohio have the most per resident. 44 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 164W00000X means
164W00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Licensed Practical Nurse, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 72,220 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An individual with post-high school vocational training and practical experience in the provision of nursing care at a level less than that required for certification as a Registered Nurse. Requirements for education, experience, licensure, and job responsibilities vary among the states.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 164W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Brooklyn has the most, 2,491
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 164W00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 321 | 6 |
| Alaska | 366 | 50 |
| Arizona | 1,025 | 14 |
| Arkansas | 789 | 26 |
| California | 421 | 1 |
| Colorado | 687 | 12 |
| Connecticut | 382 | 11 |
| Delaware | 204 | 20 |
| District of Columbia | 401 | 59 |
| Florida | 1,902 | 8 |
| Georgia | 1,339 | 12 |
| Hawaii | 154 | 11 |
| Idaho | 91 | 5 |
| Illinois | 866 | 7 |
| Indiana | 573 | 8 |
| Iowa | 188 | 6 |
| Kansas | 293 | 10 |
| Kentucky | 406 | 9 |
| Louisiana | 529 | 12 |
| Maine | 76 | 5 |
| Maryland | 606 | 10 |
| Massachusetts | 1,527 | 22 |
| Michigan | 4,448 | 44 |
| Minnesota | 860 | 15 |
| Mississippi | 250 | 9 |
| Missouri | 775 | 13 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 56 | 5 |
| Nebraska | 568 | 29 |
| Nevada | 550 | 17 |
| New Hampshire | 148 | 11 |
| New Jersey | 1,046 | 11 |
| New Mexico | 161 | 8 |
| New York | 22,826 | 117 |
| North Carolina | 688 | 6 |
| North Dakota | 306 | 39 |
| Ohio | 12,601 | 107 |
| Oklahoma | 1,099 | 27 |
| Oregon | 725 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,955 | 31 |
| Rhode Island | 82 | 8 |
| South Carolina | 498 | 9 |
| South Dakota | 185 | 20 |
| Tennessee | 1,210 | 17 |
| Texas | 710 | 2 |
| Utah | 173 | 5 |
| Vermont | 79 | 12 |
| Virginia | 597 | 7 |
| Washington | 1,689 | 22 |
| West Virginia | 881 | 50 |
| Wisconsin | 1,705 | 29 |
| Wyoming | 55 | 9 |
In federal data
- NUCC code164W00000X
- Size rank28th of 688 specialties by records (0.99% of all)
- Part D prescribers44 (0.1% of records)
- Part D claims965 a year per prescriber, on average (81st of 496)
- Industry payments100 physicians paid $12K in 2024, $121 each on average
- Concentration3 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of licensed practical nurse records
- Brice Crowley, LPNAnchorage, AK1518055268
- Siri Alvey, LPNAnchorage, AK1740400076
- Deeann KopczynskiAnchorage, AK1538330006
- Eric Hopkins, LPNAnchorage, AK1982878302
- Mable SavageAnchorage, AK1639400211
- Dawn Curren, LPNAnchorage, AK1407187727
- Eric PetersenAnchorage, AK1992020945
- Maureen HowardAnchorage, AK1780902692
- Tracy BassettAnchorage, AK1659684835
- David Coyle, LPNAnchorage, AK1649588302
- Amelia DelgadoAnchorage, AK1679876361
- Kelli GriffinAnchorage, AK1669761730
- Michael PatinoAnchorage, AK1902195316
- Diana Buenaflor, LPNAnchorage, AK1851689475
- Sajne Johnson, LPNAnchorage, AK1134401888
- Joellyn SwopeAnchorage, AK1336418607
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Licensed Practical Nurse headcount concentrate?
72,220 Licensed Practical Nurse NPIs span 55 states; New York alone holds 22,826. Top metros include Brooklyn, NY; Rochester, NY; Bronx, NY; Plymouth Meeting, PA. Nationally this is 28th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Licensed Practical Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 100 Licensed Practical Nurse physicians totaling $12K (304 payments; average $121, 407th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Licensed Practical Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Licensed Practical Nurse NPIs, 44 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 965 claims and $86K drug cost per prescriber; 81st of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.