Massage Therapist

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

NUCC 225700000X

68,895 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 55 states · 29th of 690 specialties by headcount.

68,895

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

Washington

Top state

12,961 providers

$192

Open Pay avg

466th of 552 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Massage Therapist ranks 29th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.97% of all registered NPIs), densest in Washington; per resident Washington leads.

68,895
NPPES providers in specialty: 29th
of 690 specialties: 703
state-share HHI: 0.1%
Part D prescriber share

Washington is densest per capita (8.2× the national rate; Alaska 7.7×).

Taxonomy fingerprint

Massage Therapist (NUCC 225700000X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (35 of 68,895); avg 853 Part D claims/prescriber (176th of 567); Open Payments avg $192/physician (466th of 552; 20 paid, $4K total); state-share HHI 703; next-larger headcount neighbor Specialist (+713); next-smaller Registered Dietitian (-4,315)).

Next larger: Specialist (69,608) Next smaller: Registered Dietitian (64,580)

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

Washington 8.2× · 165.9/100k
Alaska 7.7× · 156.8/100k
Oregon 6.9× · 140.4/100k
Hawaii 4.6× · 93.9/100k
Montana 3.2× · 65.6/100k

Under-indexed vs national rate

Puerto Rico 0.10× · 2/100k
Guam 0.16× · 3.3/100k
Kansas 0.19× · 3.8/100k
Mississippi 0.26× · 5.3/100k
Iowa 0.27× · 5.5/100k

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	Washington	12,961	18.8%
2	Florida	6,817	9.9%
3	Oregon	5,944	8.6%
4	California	4,687	6.8%
5	New York	3,894	5.7%
6	Colorado	3,056	4.4%
7	Texas	2,828	4.1%
8	Ohio	1,875	2.7%
9	Michigan	1,848	2.7%
10	North Carolina	1,476	2.1%
11	Pennsylvania	1,406	2.0%
12	Illinois	1,398	2.0%
13	Hawaii	1,348	2.0%
14	Minnesota	1,231	1.8%
15	Georgia	1,197	1.7%

Top Cities for Massage Therapist

#	City	Providers
1	SeattleWashington	1,912
2	PortlandOregon	1,885
3	VancouverWashington	735
4	SpokaneWashington	663
5	MiamiFlorida	599
6	EugeneOregon	579
7	AnchorageAlaska	477
8	TacomaWashington	474
9	Colorado SpringsColorado	449
10	BellevueWashington	447
11	BellinghamWashington	445
12	New YorkNew York	422

Sample Massage Therapist NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#	Provider	State
1	Joann Speranza, L.M.T., N.M.T.Palm Coast, FL	Florida
2	Anglea Allen, LMTLongview, WA	Washington
3	Allen Hutcheson, D.C., L.M.TMedford, OR	Oregon
4	Donald Shea, LMPBellingham, WA	Washington
5	Melissa Lafollette, PT MTCincinnati, OH	Ohio
6	Dana Johnson, LMP, MMPPuyallup, WA	Washington
7	Timothy Morford, LMPAuburn, WA	Washington
8	Erica Robertson, LMPPuyallup, WA	Washington
9	Melissa Friese, LMPPuyallup, WA	Washington
10	Kenneth Ault, LMPBonney Lake, WA	Washington
11	Keri Nottingham, LMPBonney Lake, WA	Washington
12	Laci Berg, LMPBellevue, WA	Washington
13	Scott Hunt, LMPFederal Way, WA	Washington
14	Nicole Smith, LMPRenton, WA	Washington
15	Sara Barnaby, LMPPuyallup, WA	Washington
16	Troy Cornyn, LMPTacoma, WA	Washington
17	Kristin O'Brien, LMPPuyallup, WA	Washington
18	Kirstie Tharge, LMPGraham, WA	Washington

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Massage Therapist providers are in the US?

There are 68,895 Massage Therapist providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 55 US states and territories. Washington has the most with 12,961 providers. Leading metros include Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Vancouver, WA; Spokane, WA. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 29th by headcount.

Do Massage Therapist clinicians appear in Open Payments?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 20 Massage Therapist physicians receiving industry payments totaling $4K (175 payments; average $192 per paid physician, 466th of 552 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Massage Therapist NPIs, 35 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 853 claims and $81K drug cost per prescriber; 176th of 567 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.

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

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-20.