Licensed Vocational Nurse providers in the U.S.
19,309 NPPES records list licensed vocational nurse as their primary taxonomy, about 5.8 per 100,000 residents; California and Texas have the most per resident. 1 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 164X00000X means
164X00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Licensed Vocational Nurse, in the grouping Nursing Service Providers. 19,309 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. [An alternate term for licensed practical nurse arising from difference in occupational titles between states and post-high school training programs and institutions.] 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 164X00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
San Antonio has the most, 1,376
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 164X00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5 | 0.1 |
| Alaska | 6 | 0.8 |
| Arizona | 42 | 0.6 |
| Arkansas | 7 | 0.2 |
| California | 10,699 | 27.5 |
| Colorado | 16 | 0.3 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 0.1 |
| Delaware | 6 | 0.6 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 0.7 |
| Florida | 34 | 0.2 |
| Georgia | 34 | 0.3 |
| Hawaii | 22 | 1.5 |
| Idaho | 4 | 0.2 |
| Illinois | 11 | 0.1 |
| Indiana | 7 | 0.1 |
| Iowa | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kansas | 10 | 0.3 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 0.3 |
| Louisiana | 25 | 0.5 |
| Maine | 4 | 0.3 |
| Maryland | 53 | 0.9 |
| Massachusetts | 29 | 0.4 |
| Michigan | 23 | 0.2 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 0.1 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 0.1 |
| Missouri | 14 | 0.2 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 3 | 0.3 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 0.3 |
| Nevada | 18 | 0.6 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 0.2 |
| New Jersey | 5 | 0.1 |
| New Mexico | 15 | 0.7 |
| New York | 201 | 1.0 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 0.0 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 0.4 |
| Ohio | 148 | 1.3 |
| Oklahoma | 37 | 0.9 |
| Oregon | 26 | 0.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | 0.2 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 0.2 |
| South Carolina | 14 | 0.3 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 0.3 |
| Tennessee | 20 | 0.3 |
| Texas | 7,553 | 24.8 |
| Utah | 4 | 0.1 |
| Vermont | 2 | 0.3 |
| Virginia | 21 | 0.2 |
| Washington | 61 | 0.8 |
| West Virginia | 20 | 1.1 |
| Wisconsin | 25 | 0.4 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code164X00000X
- Size rank61st of 688 specialties by records (0.26% of all)
- Part D prescribers1 (under 0.1% of records)
- Part D claims475 a year per prescriber, on average (179th of 496)
- Industry payments6 physicians paid $755 in 2024, $126 each on average
- Concentration1 state 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 vocational nurse records
- Ada RandallAnchorage, AK1306131446
- Ryan MeeksAnchorage, AK1730687351
- Nicole Manuel, LVNAnchorage, AK1316447014
- Lanea Woods, LPNAnchorage, AK1912489485
- Stephanie Marcus, LVNAnchorage, AK1982235198
- David Smith, NREMT-B,LPNKotzebue, AK1659522142
- Linda Jointer, LICENSE PRACTICAL NUMc Calla, AL1700632106
- Londa JonesBirmingham, AL1306365283
- Tana Gwaltney, LPNHuntsville, AL1811721582
- Francesca CoxFort Rucker, AL1366847055
- Courtney Bivins, LPNFort Rucker, AL1194309799
- William VenableAshdown, AR1205441763
- Megan Waddell, LVNFouke, AR1558910505
- Laketa Woods, LVNTexarkana, AR1730680299
- Kristen Goodnight, REIKI PRACTICTIONERGreenbrier, AR1295455509
- Gwenith Culclager, LPNNorth Little Rock, AR1609179779
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Licensed Vocational Nurse headcount concentrate?
19,309 Licensed Vocational Nurse NPIs span 52 states; California alone holds 10,699. Top metros include San Antonio, TX; Fresno, CA; Tyler, TX; Los Angeles, CA. Nationally this is 61st of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Licensed Vocational Nurse's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 6 Licensed Vocational Nurse physicians totaling $755 (8 payments; average $126, 399th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Licensed Vocational Nurse Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Licensed Vocational Nurse NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 475 claims and $14K drug cost per prescriber; 179th 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.